ADAMS, WILLIAM (1813 - 1886), mining expert
Date of birth: 1813
Date of death: 1886
Parent: Mary Adams
Parent: John Adams
Gender: Male
Occupation: mining expert
Area of activity: Business and Industry
Author: Thomas Mardy Rees
Born at Pen-y-cae, Ebbw Vale, 10 October 1813, son of John and Mary Adams. The father was a working collier at the time but a man of remarkable skill in that vocation; later he became mineral agent for Charles Lloyd Harford & Co.
William was educated at Cowbridge Grammar School. In May 1828 he was apprenticed to Charles Lloyd Harford and in the course of time he became expert in his own branch. He published Science of Mining (London, 1870), together with a paper on the geological features of the South Wales coalfield.
Adams removed to Cardiff in February 1865 and commenced business as colliery agent and mining engineer. He took an interest in the Cardiff Free Library and supplied it with a valuable collection of fossils, particularly those of the South Wales coal measures. He was one of the first members of Cardiff Naturalists Society. He died 17 August 1886.
Author
- Reverend Thomas Mardy Rees, (1871 - 1953)
- Notable Welshmen (1700–1900) (1908)
- T. Needham, Memoir of William Adams (1897)
Sources
- Industry Pioneers: William Adams: Engineer, geologist, naturalist, The Cardiff Times, 16 July 1910, p.4 (with image)
- Wikipedia Article: William Adams
Further Reading
- Wikidata: Q20734571
Additional Links
Published date: 1959
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