Arthur St. John Adcock

Who was Arthur St. John Adcock?

Arthur St. John Adcock, was an English novelist and poet, remembered for his discovery of the then-unknown poet W. H. Davies.

Adcock was born in London. He was a Fleet Street journalist for half a century, and editor of The Bookman. According to A. E. Waite who knew him, Adcock did all the work of the Bookman, nominally under its founder William Robertson Nicoll.

His daughter Marion St John Webb was also an author.