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1 de ene. de 1990 · William Adam was accepted in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries as the pre-eminent Scottish architect of his generation. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries his work came to be viewed by Scots as unScottish and by English as of interest primarily because he had fathered Robert and James Adam. Recent scholars have begun to stress his Scottishness and his importance ...
13 de abr. de 2024 · Search for: 'William Adam' in Oxford Reference ». (1689–1748).As a Presbyterian Whig, Adam was acceptable both to the aristocracy and to the protagonists of the Scottish Enlightenment in post-1715 Scotland, and quickly established himself as the leading architect in that country. An entrepreneur with many interests, he invested in property ...
William Adams (born 1564, Gillingham, Kent, England—died May 26, 1620, Hirado, Japan) was a navigator, merchant-adventurer, and the first Englishman to visit Japan. At the age of 12 Adams was apprenticed to a shipbuilder in the merchant marine, and in 1588 he was master of a supply ship for the British navy during the invasion of the Spanish ...
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 ...
William Adam was buried on 29 June 1748. The Old Parish Register for Edinburgh gives his name in bold as 'Mr William Adams architect'. He was buried in Greyfriars kirkyard in a tomb designed by his son John. Burial entry for William Adam in the OPR for Edinburgh (22 KB jpeg) National Records of Scotland, OPR 685-1/94, page 19. Testament of ...
Conclusion. Wood’s despatch and the report of William Adam are two of the most significant reasons why the Indian education system changed. If the Britishers did not introduce these two reforms, Indians might still have a hint of Pathshala in their class. But on the other hand, these reforms destroyed India’s ancient way of learning.
William Adam (minister) (1796–1881), Scottish Baptist minister, missionary, abolitionist. William Adam (artist) (1846–1931), English landscape artist who worked in California for 33 years. William Adam (malacologist) (1909–1988), Belgian malacologist. William Adam (trumpeter) (1917–2013), American trumpeter, and professor emeritus at ...
