Name Neil Adam Role Chemist | Notable awards Royal Society | |
Born 6 November 1891Cambridge ( 1891-11-06 ) Institutions University of SheffieldUniversity College LondonUniversity of SouthamptonUniversity of Cambridge Books The physics and chemistry of surfaces | ||
Neil Kensington Adam (5 November 1891 – 19 July 1973) was a British chemist.
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Education
Adam was born in Cambridge, the first of three children of James Adam (1860–1907), a Classics don, and his wife Adela Marion (née Kensington) (1866–1944). His sister Barbara was a noted sociologist and criminologist, while his brother Captain Arthur Innes Adam was killed in France on 16 September 1916.
Adam was educated at Winchester College, and then studied chemistry at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he later became a fellow (1915–1923). He graduated BA in 1913, received his MA in 1919, and Sc.D in 1928.
Career
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.
Adam was Sorby Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield from 1921 to 1929, then a Research Associate (1930–1936) and Lecturer (1936–1937) at University College London. He was Professor of Chemistry at the University of Southampton from 1937 until 1957.
Personal life
Adam was married to Winifred Wright; they were active Christian Scientists. Adam died, aged 81, in Southampton.