Neil Kensington Adam | |
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Born |
Cambridge, England | 5 November 1891
Died | 19 July 1973
Southampton, England | (aged 81)
Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society [1] |
Scientific career | |
Institutions |
University of Sheffield University College London University of Southampton University of Cambridge |
Neil Kensington Adam FRS, FRIC (5 November 1891 – 19 July 1973) was a British chemist. [1]
Adam was born in Cambridge, the first of three children of James Adam (1860–1907), a Classics don, [2] and his classicist wife Adela Marion (née Kensington) (1866–1944). [1] His sister Barbara was a noted sociologist and criminologist, while his brother Captain Arthur Innes Adam was killed in France on 16 September 1916. [3] His maternal uncle was Sir Alfred Kensington, a judge in the Chief Court of the Punjab.
Adam was educated at Winchester College, and then studied chemistry at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he later became a fellow (1915–1923). [4] He graduated BA in 1913, received his MA in 1919, and Sc.D in 1928. [1]
During the First World War, he served at the Royal Naval Air Service airship station at Kingsnorth, Kent, working on problems associated with rubber-proofing fabric for airships, and other chemical problems. [1]
Adam was Sorby Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield from 1921 to 1929, [4] then a Research Associate (1930–1936) and Lecturer (1936–1937) at University College London. [5] He was Professor of Chemistry at the University of Southampton from 1937 until 1957. [4]
Adam was married to Winifred Wright; [1] they were active Christian Scientists. [6] Adam died, aged 81, in Southampton. [1]