Adams, A.A.T.W. (‘T.W’)

- bn Gravely, Cambridgeshire, England 24 June 1842 d. Greendale, Canterbury 1 June 1919. Canterbury farmer and Baptist activist, forester and educationalist. Founding member Greendale. President Canterbury Association 1883/4, Treasurer, 1893. Adams found the Union inimical to progress in Canterbury. The editor of NZB refused an article on the matter in 1891, prompting protest from other leaders in Canterbury. Refs: Obituary, NZB July 1919, 97; DNZB Vol. 2.