James McAdam

James MacAdam (1801, Belfast – 1861) was an Irish naturalist and geologist.

Mcadam was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, and then at Trinity College, Dublin.He had a private geological museum, which included specimens collected during excavations made during the construction of the Irish railways. In 1849 he was appointed the first librarian of Queen's College, Belfast. He was a Fellow of the Geological Society, founder member and President of the Belfast Natural History Society and one of the founders of Belfast Botanic Gardens.

References

Nash, R. and Ross, H.C.G. The development of natural history in early 19th century Ireland in From Linnaeus to Darwin: commentaries on the history of biology and geology Society for the bibliography of Natural History 13:27-
Foster, John Wilson; and Helena C. G. Chesney (eds.) (1997). Nature in Ireland: A Scientific and Cultural History. Dublin: Lilliput Press. ISBN 1-874675-29-5. Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthors= (help)

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