James Adams

James Adams
James Adams
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    Professor of humanities at St. Omers, born in England in 1737; died at Dublin, 6 December, 1802. He became a Jesuit at Watten, 7 September, 1756, and worked on the mission in England. He wrote a translation from the French of "Early Rules for Taking a Likeness", by Bonomaci; and was honored with the thanks of the Royal Society of London, for a treatise on "English Pronunciation, with appendices on various dialects, and an analytical discussion and vindication of Scotch". He composed also a volume of Roman History, and projected a book on a "Tour through the Hebrides", which was never printed.
    Foley, Records of the English Province: Sommervogel, Bibliotheque de la c. de J., I, 50.
    T.J. CAMPBELL

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume VIII. — New York: Robert Appleton Company. . 1910.


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