Donald Adamson

Donald Adamson
Born(1939-03-30)30 March 1939
Culcheth, Lancashire, England
Died18 January 2024(2024-01-18) (aged 84)
Polperro, Cornwall, England
OccupationAuthor and historian
Alma materMagdalen College, Oxford
GenreLiterary romanticism
SubjectHistory of literature, philosophy and biography
Notable worksBlaise Pascal: Mathematician, Physicist, and Thinker about God
SpouseHelen née Griffiths (m. 1966)
Children2 sons
Website
www.dodmore.uk

Donald Adamson, JP (30 March 1939 – 18 January 2024), was a British literary scholar and historian.[1]

Books which he wrote include Blaise Pascal: Mathematician, Physicist, and Thinker about God[2] and Balzac and the Tradition of the European Novel, as well as The Curriers' Company: A Modern History.[3] Adamson's works are regarded as a gateway to European literature.[4]

  1. ^ "Common Reading: Critics, Historians, Publics".
  2. ^ "Blaise Pascal: Mathematician, Physicist, and Thinker about God". Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  3. ^ "The Curriers' Company London History Essay Prize".
  4. ^ www.lysdanslavallee.fr