Biography
He was born at Leeds, West Yorkshire on 25 February 1701: his father Henry Adam was a solicitor and town clerk of the Leeds Corporation, his mother Elizabeth, daughter of Jasper Blythman. They had six children, of whom Thomas was the third. [1] [2]
Adam received his first education at Leeds Grammar School, then under Thomas Barnard; later he was transferred to Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield. [1] He matriculated at Christ's College, Cambridge in 1720, where he was for two years. He then moved to Hart Hall, Oxford, through the influence of Richard Newton. [2] He took the degree of B.A., but took no further degree on account of certain scruples in Newton's book on "Pluralities". In 1724 he was presented, through the interest of an uncle, to the living of Winteringham, in the Lincolnshire (now North Lincolnshire). He was then under age ecclesiastically, and it was held for a year for him. Here he remained for 58 years, never wishing to change. His income rarely exceeded £200 per annum. [1]
Adam died on 31 March 1784, in his 84th year. [1]
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