| Authorised form of name | Crawford; Adair (1748 - 1795) |
| Dates | 1748 - 1795 |
| Place of birth | Antrim |
| Date of birth | 1748 |
| Place of death | Lord Lansdowne's seat, Lymington, Hampshire |
| Date of death | 29 July 1795 |
| Research field | Chemistry |
| Activity | Education:
MD (1780, Glasgow)
Career:
Wrote 'Experiments and observations on animal heat and the inflammation of combustible bodies' (London, 1779); Physician, St Thomas' Hospital, London (1783-1795); Professor of Chemistry, Woolwich
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 11/05/1786 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Douglas McKie, 'Priestley's Laboratory and Library and Other of his Effects' in NR 1956-57 vol 12 pp 114-136 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/39717532 |
| Code | NA7175 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| L&P/10/57 | Letter, 'Observations on the proper mode of forming tables for computing the value of Life Annuities' from William Fairmain to Adair Crawford | 13 May 1793 |
| MS/391/223 | Bond of Adair Crawford to the Treasurer of the Royal Society | 18 May 1786 |
| L&P/7/213 | Paper, 'Of the power in animals of producing cold' by Adair Crawford | 1781 |
| RR/1/43 | Referee's report by unnamed referee, on a paper 'Considerations on the laws of life, in reference to the origin of disease' by Adair Crawford | [1832] |
| EC/1786/07 | Crawford, Adair: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| L&P/9/66 | Paper, 'Experiments and observations on the stability of heat in animals' by Adair Crawford | 1787 |
| L&P/9/173 | Paper, 'Experiments and observations on the matter of cancer, and on the aerial fluids extricated from snimal sunstances by distillation and putrefaction: together with some remarks on sulphurous hepatic air' by Adair Crawford | 1790 |