Alexander Adam

(1741-1809)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Adam, Alexander, 1741-1809 NRA: Adam Alexander (1741-1809) schoolmaster and classical scholar DNB: Adam, Alexander (1741-1809), schoolmaster and classical scholar LBT ID: AlAdam1809 VIAF ID: 10713178 LOC ID: n82218706	B/BAP: 1741-06-24 DIED: 1809-12-18
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Scottish classical scholar; educated at Edinburgh University, he was headmaster of Watson's Hospital (1759) and rector of Edinburgh High School (1768).
REFERENCES TO Alexander Adam: Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter I Found 4: ¶ 31 ¶ 32 ¶ 33 ¶ 39 Chapter III 1778-83 Found 7: ¶ 2 ¶ 6 ¶ 7 ¶ 20 ¶ n1 ¶ 4 ¶ 7 Chapter V 1829 Found 1: ¶ 24