William Taylor Adams (1822-1897) was born in Medway, Massachusetts, and died in Dorchester, Massachusetts. He was a teacher, author, and member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1869-1870). Adams wrote hundreds of books under several pseudonyms, but his most used one was Oliver Optic. In 1885, Kate L. Morse wrote to Mary Baker Eddy to ask for information about studying at the Massachusetts Metaphysical College and named Adams as a reference.

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