Francis Adams (translator)

Francis Adams (13 March 1796 – 26 February 1861) was a Scottish medical doctor and translator of Greek medical works.

Francis Adams
Born	(1796-03-13)13 March 1796 Lumphanan, Aberdeenshire
Died	26 February 1861(1861-02-26) (aged 64) Banchory, Aberdeenshire
Alma mater	King's College, Aberdeen
Children	at least 2, including Andrew Leith Adams

He was born in Lumphanan, Aberdeenshire. Adams had a practice in Banchory, Aberdeenshire, from 1819 to 1861. Because there were no English translations of the medical tracts of the Greek, Roman, and Arabian doctors, Adams undertook many translations himself, which were widely published.

Works

• Doctissimus medicorum Britannorum

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wood, James, ed. (1907). "Adams, Dr. F.". The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne.
•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Payne, Joseph Frank (1885–1900). "Adams, Francis". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
• Adam, A. (1997). "Dr Francis Adams of Banchory (1796–1861). "Doctissimus medicorum Britannorum"". Scottish Medical Journal. 42 (2): 53–4. doi:10.1177/003693309704200209. PMID 9507583. S2CID 1760224.

External links

• Works by or about Francis Adams at Wikisource
• Works by Hippocrates – written in 400 BC, by Hippocrates, translated by Francis Adams