ADAM, ALEXANDER (1741-1809), Scottish teacher and antiquarian, was born on June 24, 1741 near Forres, Morayshire, and died in Edinburgh on Dec. 18, 1809. He became rector of Edinburgh High School in 1768, and had among his pupils many boys who afterwards became famous, among them Sir Walter Scott, Lord Brougham, and Jeffrey. He introduced Greek into the school curriculum, and defied tradition by publishing a Principles of Latin and English Grammar in English instead of Latin. His best-known work is his Roman Antiquities (I791). See A. Henderson, An Account of the Life and Character of A. A. (I8lo).