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Donald Adamson (born 30 March 1939) is a British literary scholar, historian and biographer.〔(''Reviews in History'' at history.ac.uk )〕 Books which Adamson has written include ''Blaise Pascal: Mathematician, Physicist, and Thinker about God''〔(''Blaise Pascal'' (Palgrave Macmillan) )〕 and ''The Curriers' Company: A Modern History''.〔(''Curriers' Company History Essay Prize'' )〕 == Biography == Adamson, elder son of the late Donald Adamson,〔(www.thepeerage.com )〕 was born at Culcheth, Lancashire (''now'' Cheshire), and brought up on his family's farm at Lymm, in the county of Cheshire where his mother's family has been resident for upwards of 500 years. From 1949 to 1956 he attended Manchester Grammar School where he was taught, amongst others, by Eric James (''later'' Lord James of Rusholme). He became a scholar of Magdalen College, Oxford, and was tutored by Austin Gill and Sir Malcolm Pasley, graduating BA in 1959, proceeding MA in 1963. He won the Zaharoff Travelling Scholar Prize of the University of Oxford for 1959–60, thereafter studying at the Sorbonne being tutored by Pierre-Georges Castex. In 1962 he took the degree of BLitt, proceeding Master of Letters (Oxon); his thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil), entitled "Balzac and the Visual Arts", was supervised by Jean Seznec of All Souls College, Oxford. Adamson spent much of his teaching career at university level, although he taught at Manchester Grammar School from 1962 to 1964 and then at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand from 1964 to 1965. In 1969 he joined Goldsmiths' College and his teaching did much to enhance the University of London's standing throughout French academic circles. In 1971 he was appointed a Recognised Teacher in the Faculty of Arts of the University of London and, in 1972, a member of its Faculty of Education, holding both appointments until 1989. He served as Chairman of the Board of Examiners at London University from 1983 until 1986, when candidates for undergraduate degrees included external students from the UK and Europe as well as from Asian countries such as Singapore and Hong Kong. In 1989 he was elected a Visiting Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge, and has been active in the field of public policy on the arts, libraries and museums.〔Weekly Hansard, no. 1054, Pt I, cols 325–336, 25 November 1976.〕 By speaking, writing and, through the Bow Group, submitting (with Sir John Hannam MP) written and oral evidence to a parliamentary select committee,〔Hansard, Expenditure Committee, Third Report, Session 1977–78, pp. 128–136, 30 November 1977.〕 he helped to establish the National Heritage Memorial Fund. Adamson was a member of the judging committee of the Museum of the Year Awards from 1979 to 1983, and he has donated to the National Library of Wales. He served as a ceremonial officer of the Order of St John of Jerusalem from 1981 to 2008, becoming Deputy Director of Ceremonies of the Priory of England and the Islands (the Isle of Wight, the Isles of Scilly, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man). From 19 October 2012 until 11 October 2013 Adamson served as Master (from 2015, a Senior Assistant of the Court) of the Worshipful Company of Curriers of the City of London and during his term of office he launched the ''Curriers' Company London History Essay Prize'',〔(www.academia.edu )〕 which is competed for annually by young graduates of British universities.〔(www.history.ac.uk - Curriers' Prize )〕 As Master of the Curriers' Company, he established sixteen annual prizes in mathematics and history for pupils aged 14 to 15 at four London academies,〔(www.curriers.co.uk ''Oasis Academies - Curriers' Co.'' )〕 and has also served as a liveryman of the Haberdashers' Company since 1976.〔(www.haberdashers.co.uk )〕 Adamson's personal interests include the history of religion and genealogy. He is also an enthusiastic art collector, mainly of English, French and Italian paintings and drawings of the 18th and 19th centuries. Adamson and his wife divide their time between homes in Kent and Polperro, Cornwall. He writes extensively on the history of Cornwall. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Donald Adamson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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