Neil Kensington Adam

Adam was born in Cambridge, the first of three children of James Adam (1860–1907), a Classics don, and his classicist wife Adela Marion (née Kensington) (1866–1944). His maternal uncle was Sir Alfred Kensington, a judge in the Chief Court of the Punjab. Adam was educated at Winchester College, and then studied chemistry at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he later became a fellow (1915–1923). He graduated BA in 1913, received his MA in 1919, and Sc.D in 1928. ==Career==

During the First World War, he served at the Royal Naval Air Service airship station at Kingsnorth, Kent, working on problems associated with rubber-proofing fabric for airships, and other chemical problems. He was Professor of Chemistry at the University of Southampton from 1937 until 1957. ==Personal life==

Adam was married to Winifred Wright; Adam died, aged 81, in Southampton. ==Publications==