George Worsley Adamson

George Worsley Adamson
Adamson at Pynes House, Upton Pyne, 1966
Born	February 7, 1913 The Bronx, New York, New York
Died	March 5, 2005 Exeter, Devon, England
Occupation	Illustrator and cartoonist
Spouse(s)	Mary Marguerita Renée Diamond (1917–1997)
Website	georgewadamson.com

George Worsley Adamson, RE, MCSD (7 February 1913 – 5 March 2005 in Exeter, Devon) was a book illustrator, writer, and cartoonist, who held American and British dual citizenship from 1931.

Adamson was born in the Bronx, New York City. His parents were George William Adamson, a master builder for the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, and Mary Lydia (Lily, née Howard). His father, born in Glasgow, Scotland, and his mother, born in Wigan, Lancashire, had moved to New York City from Bombay, India in 1910. Following the death of his mother in February 1921, George Adamson sailed to England with his father, his Aunt Florence, and his two sisters, Marie and Dorothy, on the Cunard liner RMS Caronia, landing at Liverpool on July 10. His father sailed back to New York in October 1921, where he died the following year.

George Adamson was educated at the Wigan Mining and Technical College and the Liverpool City School of Art, where he studied etching and engraving under Geoffrey Wedgwood RE.

He exhibited at the Royal Academy (in 1937, 1939, 1940 and 1948) and contributed to Punch from 1939 to 1988.

During World War II, Adamson served with the RAF Coastal Command as a navigator in Catalina flying boats on the Western Approaches and trained on B-24 Liberators in the Bahamas. After he illustrated a feature on transatlantic flights for the Illustrated London News, he was appointed an official war artist for the Coastal Command. Some of Adamson's drawings are now in the Imperial War Museum and the RAF Museum.