James Adam (classicist)
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James Adam was a Scottish
classicist who taught Classics at Emmanuel College, Cambridge
.
He was educated at the University of Aberdeen
and Caius College, Cambridge, where he gained his BA as Senior Classic in 1884 and became a fellow of Emmanuel College in 1888. In 1890, a former student of his, Adele Marion, became his wife and life-long collaborator.
Widely respected even today are his editions and commentaries on Plato
's Apology, Crito, Euthyphro, Protagoras, and the Republic.
Scotland
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classicist who taught Classics at Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.The college was founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay on the site of a Dominican friary...
.
He was educated at the University of Aberdeen
University of Aberdeen
The University of Aberdeen, an ancient university founded in 1495, in Aberdeen, Scotland, is a British university. It is the third oldest university in Scotland, and the fifth oldest in the United Kingdom and wider English-speaking world...
and Caius College, Cambridge, where he gained his BA as Senior Classic in 1884 and became a fellow of Emmanuel College in 1888. In 1890, a former student of his, Adele Marion, became his wife and life-long collaborator.
Widely respected even today are his editions and commentaries on Plato
Plato
Plato , was a Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, student of Socrates, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Along with his mentor, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, Plato helped to lay the...
's Apology, Crito, Euthyphro, Protagoras, and the Republic.
Editions and Commentaries on Plato
- Platonis Apologia Socratis. Cambridge University Press, 1887.
- Platonis Crito. Cambridge University Press, 1888. 2nd edition, 1893.
- Platonis Euthyphro. Cambridge University Press, 1890.
- Platonis Protagoras. Cambridge University Press, 1893 with Adele Marion Adam.
- The Republic of Plato. Cambridge University Press, 1902. 2nd edition edited by D.A. Rees, 1965.
Other Writings
- The Nuptial Number of Plato: its Solution and Significance. 1891.
- The Religious Teachers of Greece: Being Gifford Lectures on Natural Religion Delivered at Aberdeen. Editied and published by A.M. Adam in 1908 from lectures delivered in 1904-06. Includes a memoir by A.M. Adam.
- The Vitality of Platonism, and Other Essays. Edited and published by A.M. Adam in 1911.
Texts Online
- Gifford Lecture Series - Authors, includes short bio and a link to view Adam's Religious Teachers of Greece.
- J. Adam & A.M. Adam's Commentary on the Protagoras at Perseus
- Adam's Commentary on the Republic at Perseus