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Adam, William [1689-1748. UK. Architect]
Adam, William [1689-1748. UK. Architect]
William Adam was born in Linktown of Abbotshall [now Kirkcaldy] Fife, Scotland in 1689 and was baptised on 24 October that year. His father was a local builder and merchant.
Little is known about William Adam’s training as an architect. He possibly gained experience working with his father.
By the early 1720s his practice was well established and over the next two decades his firm built numerous large town and country houses and public buildings throughout Scotland. For detailed lists of Adam’s architectural projects see Colvin, 4th edition, 2008 pp. 56-59; and Dictionary of Scottish Architects.
William Adam died in Edinburgh on 24 June 1747 and was buried in Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh. Three of his sons, Robert Adam (1728-1792), James Adam (1732-1794) and John Adam (1721-1792) became notable architects.
Little is known about William Adam’s training as an architect. He possibly gained experience working with his father.
By the early 1720s his practice was well established and over the next two decades his firm built numerous large town and country houses and public buildings throughout Scotland. For detailed lists of Adam’s architectural projects see Colvin, 4th edition, 2008 pp. 56-59; and Dictionary of Scottish Architects.
William Adam died in Edinburgh on 24 June 1747 and was buried in Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh. Three of his sons, Robert Adam (1728-1792), James Adam (1732-1794) and John Adam (1721-1792) became notable architects.
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Bibliography
1. Colvin, Howard, A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840. New Haven, Connecticut and London: Yale University Press, 4th edition, 2008
2. Gifford, John. William Adam 1689-1748 : a life and times of Scotland's universal architect. Edinburgh: Mainstream, 1989
1. Colvin, Howard, A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840. New Haven, Connecticut and London: Yale University Press, 4th edition, 2008
2. Gifford, John. William Adam 1689-1748 : a life and times of Scotland's universal architect. Edinburgh: Mainstream, 1989
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Dictionary of Scottish Architects
Find a Grave
Gazetteer of Scoland
Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online [Subscription service]
James Macaulay ‘William Adam’. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online [Subscription service]
National Art Library Catalogue
National Galleries Scotland
National Records of Scotland
National Trust of Scotland
Undiscovered Scotland
University of Glasgow
Wikipedia