Adam Stark (1784–1867) was a printer, bookseller and antiquary, who worked for most of his life in Gainsborough.
[1] His father was probably the notable Edinburgh architect William Stark.
In conjunction with J. Richardson he published the Hull and Lincoln Chronicle for some time; it afterwards was known as the Lincoln and Hull Chronicle.
[3] By 1810 he had moved to Lincoln when he published his The History of Lincoln[4] In 1810 he became a bookseller at Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, and continued that business until his retirement in 1844.
[3] He died at Gainsborough on 31 December 1867, having married, first, Ann Trotter of Lincoln; secondly, Harriet, daughter of Henry Mozley of Gainsborough, and sister of Anne Mozley, James Bowling Mozley, and of Thomas Mozley; and, thirdly, Sarah Wooton of Newington, Kent.