Andrew Leith Adams

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Andrew Leith Adams (born March 21, 1827 in Bellfield , Banchory , Kincardineshire , Scotland , † July 29, 1882 in Queenstown, now Cobh in County Cork , Ireland ) was a Scottish medic, naturalist and geologist.

Live and act

Adams was the second son of Francis Adams (1796–1861), who ran a doctor's practice in Banchory and was known as a translator of Greek medical works by Hippocrates.

Andrew Leith Adams studied medicine. From 1848 to 1873 he was a surgeon in the Army Medical Department in the military. In 1861 he became a surgeon major . During his assignments abroad, he used the opportunity to research natural history in India, Kashmir, Egypt, Malta, Gibraltar and Canada. His observations on fossilized vertebrates from the islands of Malta led him to study fossilized elephants, an area in which he became a recognized authority.

Adams left the military in 1873. He became Professor of Zoology at Trinity College Dublin in 1873 and Professor of Natural History at Queen's College Cork (now University College Cork ) in 1878 . He held the latter post until shortly before his death.

Honors

Adams became a member of the Royal Geographical Society in 1870 , in 1872 he was accepted as a member (" Fellow ") in the Royal Society of Edinburgh .

Fonts

In addition to scientific contributions to journals, Adams also wrote travel books, the most famous of which is Notes of a naturalist in the Nile Valley and Malta . Here is a selection of his articles and books:

  • Notes on the habits, haunts, etc. of some of the birds of India . In: Proc. Zool. Soc. London . tape 26 , 1859, pp. 466-512 .
  • The birds of Cashmere and Ladakh . In: Proc. Zool. Soc. London . tape 27 , 1859, pp. 169-190 .
  • Notes of a Naturalist in the Nile Valley and Malta . Edinburgh 1870 (195 pages).
  • On the dentition and osteology of the Maltese fossil elephant, being a description of the remains discovered by the author in Malta between the years 1860 and 1866 . In: Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. tape 9 , 1874, pp. 1-124 .
  • On a fossil saurian vertebra, Arctosaurus osborni from the Arctic region . In: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy . tape 2 , 1875, p. 177-179 .
  • Monograph on the British Fossil Elephants . In: Palaeontographical Soc. London 1877.

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SURNAME Adams, Andrew Leith
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish medic, naturalist and geologist
DATE OF BIRTH March 21, 1827
PLACE OF BIRTH Bellfield , Banchory , Kincardineshire, Scotland
DATE OF DEATH July 29, 1882
Place of death Queenstown, now Cobh , County Cork, Ireland