Andrew Leith Adams

c. 1870

Andrew Leith Adams FRSE, FRS (21 March 1827 – 29 July 1882) was a Scottish army physician, naturalist and geologist. He collected and described specimens of birds and mammals, writing also about his travels in Asia and the middle east where he served at various times. He was married to the novelist Bertha Jane Grundy and was the father of the writer Francis Adams.[1]

  1. ^ Gaston, A. J. in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Volume 1. pp. 222–223