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Francis Adams (translator)

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Francis Adams
Born(1796-03-13)13 March 1796
Died26 February 1861(1861-02-26) (aged 64)
Alma materKing's College, Aberdeen
Childrenat least 2, including Andrew Leith Adams

Francis Adams (13 March 1796 – 26 February 1861) was a Scottish medical doctor and translator of Greek medical works.

He was born in Lumphanan, Aberdeenshire. Adams had a practice in Banchory, Aberdeenshire, from 1819 to 1861. Because there were no English translations of the medical tracts of the Greek, Roman, and Arabian doctors, Adams undertook many translations himself, which were widely published.

Works

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  • Doctissimus medicorum Britannorum

References

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  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainWood, James, ed. (1907). "Adams, Dr. F.". The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne.
  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainPayne, Joseph Frank (1885–1900). "Adams, Francis". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  • Adam, A. (1997). "Dr Francis Adams of Banchory (1796–1861). "Doctissimus medicorum Britannorum"". Scottish Medical Journal. 42 (2): 53–4. doi:10.1177/003693309704200209. PMID 9507583. S2CID 1760224.
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