Sir William Adams

(1783-1827)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Adams, William, Sir, 1783-1827 DNB: Adams [later Rawson], Sir William (1783-1827), oculist LBT ID: WiAdams1827 VIAF ID: 76706979 LOC ID: n2005068330	B/BAP: 1783-12-05 DIED: 1827-02-04
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Born in Cornwall, he was surgeon and oculist-extraordinary to the prince regent, knighted in 1814. He adopted his wife's name of Rawson late in life.
REFERENCES TO Sir William Adams: Uvedale Price to Samuel Rogers, 17 June 1815 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Found 1: ¶ 3 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter VI. Found 2: ¶ 80 ¶ 86 Clayden, Peter William, 1827-1902, Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Chapter VI. 1815-1816.