The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Wells, Amos Russel
WELLS, Amos Russel, American editor
and author: b. 23 Dec. 1862 at Glens Falls,
N. Y. He graduated at Antioch College in
1883. He was professor of Greek and geology
at Antioch College 1883-'91 and from 1891 editor
of the Christian Endeavor World, Boston.
From 1901 he was associate author of “Peloubet's
Notes on the Sunday School Lessons.”
He is a member of the International Sunday-School
Lesson Committee. He is a voluminous
author, no less than 63 titles being credited to
his pen. They include books dealing with
young people's work, the Sunday school, juvenile
fiction, poetry and devotional literature.