James Adam (classicist)
James Adam | |
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| Born | 7 April 1860 Kinmuck, Keithhall, Aberdeen |
| Died | 30 August 1907 (aged 47) Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Occupation | Academic |
| Nationality | British |
| Notable works | Platonis Crito The Republic of Plato The Religious Teachers of Greece |
| Spouse | Adele Marion (née Kensington) |
| Children | 3, Barbara, Arthur, Neil |
James Adam (1860–1907) was a Scottish classicist[1][2] who taught Classics at Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
He was born on 7 April 1860 in Kinmuck, Keithhall, Aberdeen and educated at the Old Aberdeen Grammar and the University of Aberdeen and Caius College, Cambridge, where he gained his BA as Senior Classic in 1884 and became a fellow of Emmanuel College in 1888.[3]
In 1890, a former student of his, Adele Marion (née Kensington) (1866–1944),[1] became his wife and lifelong collaborator. Their daughter, Barbara Frances (1897–1988), was the British sociologist and criminologist, Lady Barbara Wootton, one of their sons, Captain Arthur Innes Adam, was killed in France on 16 September 1916[4] and another son, Neil Kensington Adam,[1] became a noted chemist.
Adam was "one of the greatest Platonists of his generation".[1] Widely respected even today are his editions and commentaries on Plato's Apology, Crito, Euthyphro, Protagoras, and the Republic.
He died in Aberdeen on 30 August 1907 after a short illness.
Editions and commentaries on Plato
- Platonis Apologia Socratis. Cambridge University Press, 1887.
- Platonis Crito. Cambridge University Press, 1888. 2nd edition, 1893.
- Platonis Euthyphro. Cambridge University Press, 1890.
- Platonis Protagoras. Cambridge University Press, 1893 with Adele Marion Adam.
- The Republic of Plato. Cambridge University Press, 1902. 2nd edition edited by D.A. Rees, 1965.
Other writings
- The Nuptial Number of Plato: its Solution and Significance. 1891.
- The Religious Teachers of Greece: Being Gifford Lectures on Natural Religion Delivered at Aberdeen. Edinburgh: T. and T. Clark, 1908. Edited, with a memoir, by Adela Marion Adam from the Gifford Lectures delivered in 1904-06.
- The Vitality of Platonism, and Other Essays. Edited and published by A.M. Adam in 1911.
References
- ^ a b c d Carrington, A.; Hills, G. J.; Webb, K. R. (1974). "Neil Kensington Adam 1891–1973" (PDF). Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 20: 1–26. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1974.0001. JSTOR 769631.
- ^ Stray, Christopher, ed. (2005). The Owl of Minerva: the Cambridge praelections of 1906: reassessments of Richard Jebb, James Adam, Walter Headlam, Henry Jackson, William Ridgeway and Arthur Verrall. Cambridge Philological Society. ISBN 978-0-906014-27-1.
- ^ "Adam, James (ADN880J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Casualty Details: Arthur Innes Adam". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
External links
- Works by or about James Adam at the Internet Archive
- Gifford Lecture Series - Authors, includes short bio and a link to view Adam's Religious Teachers of Greece.
- J. Adam & A.M. Adam's Commentary on the Protagoras at Perseus
- Adam's Commentary on the Republic at Perseus
- Plato, James Adam (1902). The Republic of Plato. University Press.
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