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Jesuit professor of humanities (1737-1802)

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Professor of humanities at St. Omers, born in England in 1737; died 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 honored 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.

Foley, Records of the English Province: Sommervogel, Bibliotheque de la c. de J., I, 50.

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APA citation. Campbell, T. (1907). James Adams. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01135d.htm

MLA citation. Campbell, Thomas. "James Adams." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. <https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01135d.htm>.

Ecclesiastical approbation. Nihil Obstat. March 1, 1907. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor. Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.

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