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Introduction. Wood’s Despatch and Report of William Adam were two significant events that took place during British rule. Sir Charles Wood, who was the president of the board of control out there during British rule, played a very crucial role in the spread of English throughout the Indian continent. Wood was very ambitious and wanted to ...
21 de nov. de 2007 · William, father of famous Scottish architect Robert Adam, was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, eastern Scotland, in 1689. In 1724 William transformed Hopetoun House (Sir William Bruce, 1700) into a great Scottish Classical House and this remains one of his key works. He was appointed in 1729 as the Surveyor of the Kings’ Works in Scotland.
William Adam. William Adam ( Den Haag, 27 januari 1909 - Brussel, 3 november 1988) was een Belgische directeur van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen en hoogleraar in de medische dierkunde aan het Prins Leopold Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde te Antwerpen .
1 de ene. de 1990 · In 17 16 William Adam married the daughterofhis businesspartner, MaryRobertson. Theirportraits,painted a gooddeal later, are surelycharacteristic; hersbyAllan Ramsay with firm mouth and humorous eyes, an excellent architect's wife, and mother to their ten children; his by William Aikman, every inch the professional man. The next chapteris ...
William Adam (1 November 1796 – 19 February 1881) was a British Baptist minister, missionary, abolitionist and Harvard professor. Scotland and India [ edit ] Adam was born in Dunfermline in Scotland, and it was after being inspired by the churchman Thomas Chalmers that he decided to go to India.
William Adams and the historians / John Gifford -- William Adam's library / Alistair Rowan -- 'Mr. Inigo Pilaster and Sir Christopher Cupolo' / Terry Friedman -- William Adam : a planner of genius / Ian Gow -- William Adam : the practical architect / James Simpson -- The Patron's part : living in a William Adam house 1726-1989 / Althea Dundas-Bekker -- William Adam's seal : Palladio, Inigo ...
William Adam (1689-24 de junio de 1748) fue un arquitecto , albañil y empresario escocés . Fue el arquitecto más destacado de su tiempo en Escocia, [1] [2] diseñando y construyendo numerosas casas de campo y edificios públicos, y a menudo actuando como contratista además de arquitecto. Entre sus obras más conocidas se encuentran Hopetoun House cerca de Edimburgo y Duff House en Banff ...
