John William Adamson (22 April 1857 – 12 March 1947)[1] was a British educationist and historian of education.
[2] Adamson started his professional career as a pupil teacher at a Church school in Marylebone.
He then taught in London and became second master of the Great College Street Board School.
October 1890 one of the former students of King's College London, John William Adamson, was appointed to be head of the training department and 'normal master'.
It was a condition of appointment that, in accordance with the charter of King's College, applicants should be members of the Church of England and make a declaration to that effect.