ANDREW LEITH ADAMS (1827-1882)
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V01,
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of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also:ANDREW See also:LEITH See also:- ADAMS
- ANDREW LEITH ADAMS (1827-1882)
- ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS (1807-1886)
- ADAMS, HENRY (1838— )
- ADAMS, HENRY CARTER (1852— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT (i858— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT BAXTER (1850—1901)
- ADAMS, JOHN (1735–1826)
- ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848)
- ADAMS, SAMUEL (1722-1803)
- ADAMS, THOMAS (d. c. 1655)
- ADAMS, WILLIAM (d. 162o)
ADAMS (1827-1882)
, Scottish naturalist and palaeontologist, the second son of See also:Francis See also:- ADAMS
- ADAMS, ANDREW LEITH (1827-1882)
- ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS (1807-1886)
- ADAMS, HENRY (1838— )
- ADAMS, HENRY CARTER (1852— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT (i858— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT BAXTER (1850—1901)
- ADAMS, JOHN (1735–1826)
- ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848)
- ADAMS, SAMUEL (1722-1803)
- ADAMS, THOMAS (d. c. 1655)
- ADAMS, WILLIAM (d. 162o)
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
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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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