Neil Kensington Adam
Neil Kensington Adam was a British chemist.Education
Adam was born in Cambridge, the first of three children of James Adam, a Classics don, and his classicist wife Adela Marion . His sister Barbara was a noted sociologist and criminologist, while his brother Captain Arthur Innes Adam was killed in France on 16 September 1916. His maternal uncle was Sir Alfred Kensington a Judge in the Chief Court of the Punjab.
Adam was educated at Winchester College, and then studied chemistry at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he later became a fellow. He graduated BA in 1913, received his MA in 1919, and Sc.D in 1928.Career
During the First World War, he served at the Royal Naval Air Service airship station at Kingsnorth, Kent, working on problems associated with rubber-proofing fabric for airships, and other chemical problems.
Adam was Sorby Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield from 1921 to 1929, then a Research Associate and Lecturer at University College London. He was Professor of Chemistry at the University of Southampton from 1937 until 1957.Personal life
Adam was married to Winifred Wright; they were active Christian Scientists. Adam died, aged 81, in Southampton.Publications
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