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Elizabeth Janet Gray

1902-1999 · American Quaker author and librarian who tutored Crown Prince Akihito of Japan

About Elizabeth Janet Gray

Elizabeth Janet Gray (1902-1999), known after her marriage as Elizabeth Gray Vining, was an American author and librarian from Philadelphia and a member of the Society of Friends. She wrote historical fiction and biography for young readers under her maiden name, including a life of William Penn. From 1946 to 1950 she served in Tokyo as English tutor to Crown Prince Akihito of Japan, an experience she described in Windows for the Crown Prince (1952).

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Adam of the Road

Elizabeth Janet Gray

1942 · Early 20th Century · Novel

Adam of the Road follows eleven-year-old Adam Quartermayne through a year of wandering in the England of Edward I, beginning in June 1294. Adam is boarding at the abbey school of St. Albans, learning his letters with his friend Perkin, a ploughman's son who longs to study at Oxford, while his red spaniel Nick lodges with an old woman, Dame Malkin, because dogs are not allowed at school.

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