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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 ...
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 ...
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 .
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 (27 de septiembre de 1909, La Haya-3 de noviembre de 1988, Bruselas) fue un malacólogo neerlandés/belga especializado en cefalópodos. [1] Adam describió numerosas especies de jibias y sepiólidos , incluyendo a Euprymna hoylei , Sepia cottoni , Sepia dollfusi , Sepia dubia , Sepia reesi , Sepia sewelli , Sepia thurstoni , Sepia vercoi , y Sepiola knudseni .
William Adam, the pre-eminent Scottish architect of his generation, was also important as a designer of gardens and formal landscapes, many of which were created for his country house patrons. This chapter investigates how his work relates to contemporary and earlier fashions in British garden design, including the work of Sir John Vanbrugh and contemporary treatises by Stephen Switzer and others.
William purchased estates in Kinross-shire, which he renamed 'Blair Adam'. Portrayed here as the gentleman architect, it has been suggested that the artist may be English sculptor Henry Cheere due to the handling of the drapery and cravat.
