John Adam Cramb

On leaving school he went to University of Glasgow, where he graduated in 1885, taking 1st Class Honours in Classics.

In the same year he was appointed to the Luke Fellowship in English Literature, he also studied at University of Bonn.

He subsequently travelled in continental Europe, and in 1887 he married the third daughter of the late Mr. Edward W. Selby Lowndes of Winslow, and left one son.

Settling in London in 1890, he contributed several articles to the Dictionary of National Biography, and also occasional reviews to periodicals.

He was also an occasional lecturer on military history at the Staff College, Camberley, and at York, Chatham, and other centres.