James Adams (1737 – 6 December 1802) was an English Jesuit and philologist.
Life James Adams joined the English Jesuits in exile at their novitiate of Watten (France), on 7 September 1756. Afterwards, Adams taught belles-lettres at the English College of St. Omer. In 1773, he was a missionary in Aston, Stafford. He retired to Dublin in August, 1802, where he died on December 6.
Works Adams was the author of the following works.
Early Rules for Taking a Likeness. with plates, London, 1792; translated from Bonamici. Oratio Academica Anglice et Latine. London, 1793. Euphonologia Linguae Anglicanae, Latine et Gallice, London, 1794; for which he received the thanks of the Royal Society. Rule Britannia, or the Flattery of Free Subjects Expounded; to which is added an Academical Discourse. London, 1798. A Sermon preached at the Catholic Chapel of St. Patrick, Sutton-street, on Wednesday, March 7, the Day of Public Fast. London, 1798. The Pronunciation of the English Language Vindicated. Edinburgh 1799.
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