John Adam (administrator)

John Adam (4 May 1779 – 4 June 1825) was a British administrator in India, serving as the acting governor-general of the British East India Company in 1823.

References

• Prior, Katherine (September 2004). "Adam, John (1779–1825), administrator in India". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/104. Retrieved 24 July 2009.  The first edition of this text is available as an article on Wikisource:  Cotton, James Sutherland (1885). "Adam, John". In Leslie Stephen. Dictionary of National Biography. 1. London: Smith, Elder & Co.