Adams, James, professor of humanities at St. Omers, b. in England in 1737; d. at Dublin, 6 December, 1802. He became a Jesuit at Watten, 7 September, 1756, and worked on the mission in England. He wrote a translation from the French of “Early Rules for Taking a Likeness’, by Bonomaci; and was honoured with the thanks of the Royal Society of London, for a treatise on ‘“ English Pronunciation, with appendices on various dialects, and an analytical discussion and vindication of Scotch”. He composed also a volume of Roman History, and projected a book on a “Tour through the Hebrides ”, which was never printed.
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