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Robert Adam

Robert AdamBorn: 3-Jul-1728
Birthplace: Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.
Died: 3-Mar-1792
Location of death: London, England
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Westminster Abbey

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Architect

Nationality: Scotland
Executive summary: Scottish Neoclassical architect

Father: William Adam (architect and stonemason, b. 1689, d. 1748)
Brother: John Adam
Brother: James Adam (b. 1730, d. 1794)
Brother: William Adam

    High School: Edinburgh High School
    University: University of Edinburgh (attended 1743-45)

    Royal Academy of Arts 1758
    Society of Antiquaries 1761

Is the subject of books:
Robert Adam and His Circle, in Edinburgh & Rome, 1962, BY: John Fleming
Robert Adam, 1970, BY: Doreen Yarwood

Author of books:
The Ruins of the Palace of Diocletian (1764)






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