JOHN BERNARD PYE ADAMS was born on November 15th, 1890, at Beckenham, Kent. From his first school at Clare House, Beckenham, he obtained an entrance scholarship to Malvern, where he gained many Classical and English prizes and became House Prefect. In December, 1908, he won an open Classical scholarship at St John's College, Cambridge, where he went into residence in October, 1909. He was awarded in 1911 Sir William Browne's gold medals (open to the...