Robert Adams (architect)
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See Robert Adam for the 18th century Scottish architect.
Robert Adams (1540—1595), an architect and surveyor of buildings to Queen Elizabeth, was also an engraver. His works in architecture are not known, but some of his plans and engravings are still extant, such as a large 1588 plan of Middleburgh and a small 1588 parchment roll, drawn with pen, entitled "Thamesis Descriptio," which shows lines drawn across the Thames River and the various ranges of guns at different points from Tilbury Fort to London. Adams also drew and engraved representations of the Spanish Armada's activities on the British coasts, which were published by Augustine Ryther in 1589. Adams died in 1595 and was buried in the church at Greenwich, where the following inscription was placed to his memory:
- "Egregio viro Roberto Adams, operum regiorum supervisori, architecturae peritissimo. Ob. 1595. Simon Basil, operationum regiarum contrarotulator, hoc posuit monumentum 1601."
- To the distinguished Robert Adams, supervisor of the royal works, most skilled at architecture. Died 1595. Simon Basil, his successor at the royal works, put up this monument here, 1601.
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- Long, George. The Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1842-1844. 4 vols.
