1858 - 1942
More Adey British Critic
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| First Name |
More
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| Last Name |
Adey
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| Full Name at Birth |
William More Adey
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| Alternative Name |
William Wilson
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1857
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| Birthplace |
Wotton under Edge, Gloucerstershire, United Kingdom
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| Died |
29th January, 1942
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| Place of Death |
Brislington House (mental hospital), Bristol (?)
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| Sexuality |
Gay
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| Nationality |
British
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| Occupation Text |
Art critic, art collector, editor, aesthete, translator
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| Occupation |
Critic
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| Claim to Fame |
Co-editor of "Burlington Magazine" (a monthly academic journal on the fine and decorative arts), Oscar Wilde's friend
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William More Adey, known universally as More Adey (1858–29 January 1942), was an English art critic, editor and aesthete.
He was a co-editor of the Burlington Magazine, but is perhaps best known for having been a friend and member of the inner circle of Oscar Wilde from the early 1890s until Wilde's death in 1900.
As a defender of Wilde during his trial and imprisonment, Adey visited the fallen author in Reading Gaol, attempted to negotiate on behalf of the gaoled writer's interests as his de facto guardian, and oversaw a collection that was used to purchase necessities of life, including clothes, for him upon his release.
