Elizabeth Gray Vining
![Crown Prince [[Akihito]] and Elizabeth Gray Vining, 1949](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Crown_Prince_Akihito_and_Elizabeth_Gray_Vining.JPG)
Elizabeth Janet Gray Vining (October 6, 1902 – November 27, 1999) was an American professional librarian and author who tutored Emperor Akihito of Japan in English while he was crown prince. She was also a noted author, whose children's book ''Adam of the Road'' received the Newbery Medal in 1943.
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