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:

    “Friendship and money: oil and water.”
    —Mario Puzo, U.S. author, screenwriter, and Francis Ford Coppola, U.S. director, screenwriter. Michael Corleone (Al Pacino)

    “We thinke that Paradise and Calvarie,
    Christs Crosse, and Adams tree, stood in one place;
    Looke, Lord, and finde both Adams met in me;
    As the first Adams sweat surrounds my face,
    May the last Adams blood my soule embrace.”
    —John Donne (1572–1631)