Donald Adamson
Donald Adamson | |
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| Born | 30 March 1939 Culcheth, Lancashire, England |
| Died | 18 January 2024 (aged 84) Polperro, Cornwall, England |
| Occupation | Author and historian |
| Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford |
| Genre | Literary romanticism |
| Subject | History of literature, philosophy and biography |
| Notable works | Blaise Pascal: Mathematician, Physicist, and Thinker about God |
| Spouse | Helen née Griffiths (m. 1966) |
| Children | 2 sons |
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Donald Adamson, JP (30 March 1939 – 18 January 2024), was a British literary scholar and historian.
Books which he wrote include Blaise Pascal: Mathematician, Physicist, and Thinker about God and Balzac and the Tradition of the European Novel, as well as The Curriers' Company: A Modern History. Adamson's works are regarded as a gateway to European literature.