Person Adam; Robert (1728 - 1792) Adam Robert 1728 - 1792 British Male Kirkaldy, Fife, Scotland 1728 1728 03 March 1792 1792

Architect Trained 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 Son 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. Fellow 07/05/1761 Sources: 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. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 'Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam' published 1773-1778 and 1779; a third volume published posthumously 1822. 1728 - 3 Mar 1792 NA2938 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 32520c06-a680-40d5-ac54-ab5d3d282349