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Authorised form of nameAdam; Robert (1728 - 1792)
Dates1728 - 1792
NationalityBritish
Place of birthKirkaldy, Fife, Scotland
Date of birth1728
Date of death03 March 1792
OccupationArchitect
ActivityTrained under his father until his death in 1748, then with his older brother John took on the family business, which included lucrative work for the Board of Ordnance. Studied at Edinburgh, then at Rome under Charles Louis Clerisseau (1721-1829) the French architectural draughtsman, antiquary and artist, and Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) Italian architect and copper engraver (1754-8). On return in 1758 he established a practice in London, with his younger brother James (1730-1794), developing his 'Adam Style' and his theory of movement in architecture, based on his studies of antiquity.
Member of RSA
Initiated as a Freemason 29 November 1752, Lodge Canongate Kilwinning, No 2, (SC) Edinburgh
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election07/05/1761
RelationshipsSon of William Adam (1689-1748) Scotland's foremost architect of the time. Older brother John Adam; younger brother James Adam (1730-1794). With William Chambers (FRS) became Architect of the King's Works.
PublishedWorks'Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam' published 1773-1778 and 1779; a third volume published posthumously 1822.
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
'Freemasons and the Royal Society: Alphabetical List of Fellows of the Royal Society who were Freemasons' 2010. Library and Museum of Freemasonry.
CodeNA2938
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EC/1761/03Adam, Robert: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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