Francis Adams

Francis Adams is the name of:

  • Francis Adams (translator) (1796–1861), Scottish medical doctor and translator of Greek medical works
  • Francis Adams (writer) (1862–1893), English essayist, poet, dramatist, novelist and journalist
  • Francis Adams (athlete) (1953–1987), sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago
  • Francis Colburn Adams, American miscellaneous writer

Famous quotes containing the words francis and/or adams:

    “One cannot imagine St. Francis of Assisi talking about rights.”
    —Simone Weil (1909–1943)

    “Every man who has at last succeeded, after long effort, in calling up the divinity which lies hidden in a woman’s heart, is startled to find that he must obey the God he summoned.”
    —Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918)