James Adams (Jesuit)

For other people named James Adams, see James Adams (disambiguation).

James Adams (1737 – 6 December 1802) was an English Jesuit and philologist.

Life

James Adams joined the English Jesuits in exile at their novitiate of Watten (France), on 7 September 1756.[1] Afterwards, Adams taught belles-lettres at the English College of St. Omer.[2] In 1773, he was a missionary in Aston, Stafford.[1] He retired to Dublin in August, 1802, where he died on December 6.[1]

Works

Adams was the author of the following works.

  • Early Rules for Taking a Likeness. with plates, London, 1792; translated from Bonamici.
  • Oratio Academica Anglice et Latine. London, 1793.
  • Euphonologia Linguae Anglicanae, Latine et Gallice, London, 1794; for which he received the thanks of the Royal Society.
  • Rule Britannia, or the Flattery of Free Subjects Expounded; to which is added an Academical Discourse. London, 1798.
  • A Sermon preached at the Catholic Chapel of St. Patrick, Sutton-street, on Wednesday, March 7, the Day of Public Fast. London, 1798.
  • The Pronunciation of the English Language Vindicated. Edinburgh 1799.

References

  1. ^ a b c Foley, Henry (1875–1883). Records of the English province of the Society of Jesus ... in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. p. 3-4.
  2. ^ Rose, Hugh James (1857). "Adams, James". A New General Biographical Dictionary. Vol. 1 AA-ANS. London: T. Fellowes et al. p. 95. Retrieved 21 August 2025.


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