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See also:ADAM, See also:ALEXANDER (1741–1809) , Scottish writer on See also:Roman antiquities, was See also:born on the 24th of See also:June 1741, near See also:Forres, in Morayshire. From his earliest years he showed uncommon See also:diligence and perseverance in classical studies, notwithstanding many difficulties and privations. In 1757 he went to See also:Edinburgh, where he studied at the university. His reputation as a classical See also:scholar secured him a See also:post as assistant at See also:Watson's See also:Hospital and the headmastership in 1761. In 1764 he became private See also:tutor to Mr Kincaid, afterwards See also:Lord See also:Provost of Edinburgh, by whose See also:influence he was appointed (in 1768) to the rectorship of the High School on the retirement of Mr See also:Matheson, whose substitute he had been for some See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time before. From this See also:period he devoted himself entirely to the duties of his See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office and to the preparation of his numerous See also:works on classical literature. His popularity and success as a teacher are strikingly illustrated by the See also:great increase in the number of his pupils, many of whom subsequently became distinguished men, among them being See also:Sir See also:Walter See also:Scott, Lord See also:Brougham and See also:Jeffrey. He succeeded in introducing the study of See also:Greek into the curriculum of the school, notwithstanding the opposition of the university headed by See also:Principal See also:Robertson. In 178o the university of Edinburgh conferred upon him the honorary degree of See also:Doctor of See also:Laws. He died on the 18th of See also:December 1809, after an illness of five days, during which he occasionally imagined himself still at See also:work, his last words being, " It grows dark, boys, you may go." Dr Adam's first publication was his Principles of Latin and See also:English See also:Grammar (1772), which, being written in English in-See also:stead of Latin, brought down a See also:storm of abuse upon him. This was followed by his Roman Antiquities (1791), A See also:Summary of See also:Geography and See also:History (1794) and a Compendious See also:Dictionary of the Latin See also:Tongue,(18o5). The MS. of a projected larger Latin dictionary, which he did not live to See also:complete, lies in the library of the High School.
His best work was his Roman Antiquities, which has passed through a large number of See also:editions and received the unusual compliment of a See also:German See also:translation.
See An See also:Account of the See also:Life and See also:Character of A. A., by A. See also:Henderson (181o).
End of Article: ADAM, ALEXANDER (1741–1809)
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