James McAdam

James MacAdam (1801, Belfast- 1861)was an Irish naturalist and geologist.

Mcadam was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, and then at Trinity College, Dublin.He had a private geological museum, which included specimens collected during excavations made during the construction of the Irish railways. In 1849 he was appointed the first librarian of Queen's College , Belfast. He was a Fellow of the Geological Society, founder member and President of the Belfast Natural History Society and one of the founders of Belfast Botanic Gardens.

References

*Nash, R. and Ross, H.C.G. "The development of natural history in early 19th century Ireland in From Linnaeus to Darwin: commentaries on the history of biology and geology" Society for the bibliography of Natural History 13:27-
*cite book|last=Foster|first=John Wilson|coauthors=and Helena C. G. Chesney (eds.)|title=Nature in Ireland: A Scientific and Cultural History|year=1997|publisher=Lilliput Press|location=Dublin|id=ISBN 1-874675-29-5