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DNB

 * Article title: Adam, Alexander
 * Author: Paul, James Balfour
 * LEAD: ADAM, ALEXANDER, LL.D. (1741–1809), writer on Roman antiquities, was born on 24 June 1741, at a small farm near Forres, in Morayshire, of which his father was tenant.
 * LEAD: ADAM, ALEXANDER, LL.D. (1741–1809), writer on Roman antiquities, was born on 24 June 1741, at a small farm near Forres, in Morayshire, of which his father was tenant.
 * LEAD: ADAM, ALEXANDER, LL.D. (1741–1809), writer on Roman antiquities, was born on 24 June 1741, at a small farm near Forres, in Morayshire, of which his father was tenant.

General

 * Life by A. Henderson, Edinburgh, 1810
 * Notice in Encyclopædia Britannica, by Professor Pillans, his successor in the High School

Cites

 * Cockburn, Memorials of his Time

Works

 * Latin Rudiments and Grammar (1772)
 * Roman Antiquities (1791)
 * Geographical Index Edinburgh (1795)
 * Classical Biography Edinburgh (1800)
 * Summary of Geography and History (1794, 5th ed 1816)
 * Latin Dictionary (1805)