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ANDREW LEITH ADAMS (1827-1882)

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 174 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ANDREW See also:LEITH See also:ADAMS (1827-1882)  , Scottish naturalist and palaeontologist, the second son of See also:Francis See also:Adams of Banchory, See also:Aberdeen, was See also:born on the 21st of See also:March 1827, and was educated to the medical profession . As surgeon in the See also:Army Medical See also:Department from 1848 to 1873, he utilized his opportunities for the study of natural See also:history in See also:India and See also:Kashmir, in See also:Egypt, See also:Malta, See also:Gibraltar and See also:Canada . His observations on the fossil See also:vertebrata of the Maltese Islands led him eventually to give See also:special study to fossil elephants, on which he became an acknowledged authority . In 1872 he was elected F.R.S . In 1873 he was chosen See also:professor of See also:zoology in the Royal See also:College of See also:Science, See also:Dublin, and in 1878 professor of natural history in See also:Queen's College, See also:Cork, a See also:post which he held until the See also:close of his See also:life . He died at See also:Queenstown on the 29th of See also:July 1882 .

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