John Frederick Adair
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| Full name | John Frederick Adair | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 January 1851 Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 April 1913 (aged 62) Ballsbridge, County Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||
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| 1875 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 6 May 1875 England XI v Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 27 May 1875 Cambridge University v MCC | ||||||||||||||
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John Frederick Adair (20 January 1852 – 1 April 1913) was an Irish mathematician and physicist who taught in England and Australia. He was a keen cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University in 1875.
Adair was born at St Stephen's Green, Dublin, the son of John Adair, a lawyer. He studied at Trinity College Dublin being a scholar in 1871 and being awarded BA in mathematics in 1873.[1] In 1874 he was admitted at Pembroke College, Cambridge and was awarded BA in mathematics (7th Wrangler) in 1878.[2] From 1878 and 1879 he was an assistant master at Derby School[1] and from 1887 to 1890 he was a demonstrator in physics at the University of Sydney.[2] Adair died at Ballsbridge, County Dublin, Ireland at the age of 61.
Cricket[edit]
Adair played cricket for Trinity College, Dublin between 1870 and 1874. [3] While at Derby school he played one cricket match for Derbyshire against their Colts. He also played for I Zingari.[3] In 1874 he was admitted at Pembroke College, Cambridge,[1] and while at Cambridge played one cricket match for Cambridge University and one against the university for an England XI led by WG Grace.[3] In 1883 Adair played cricket for an Ireland side.[3]
Papers[edit]
- On the Velocity of Transmission through Sea-Water of Disturbances of Large Amplitude Caused by Explosions (with Richard Threlfall) Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Volume 46, pp. 496–541, 1889
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Adair, John Frederick (ADR874JF)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ a b Adair, John Frederick (1851–1913) Encyclopedia of Australian Science 2015
- ^ a b c d John Adair at Cricket Archive, Cricketarchive.com
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