Neil Kensington Adam FRS, FRIC (5 November 1891 – 19 July 1973) was a British chemist.

[1] His sister Barbara was a noted sociologist and criminologist, while his brother Captain Arthur Innes Adam was killed in France on 16 September 1916.

[3] His maternal uncle was Sir Alfred Kensington, a judge in the Chief Court of the Punjab.

[1] During the First World War, he served at the Royal Naval Air Service airship station at Kingsnorth, Kent, working on problems associated with rubber-proofing fabric for airships, and other chemical problems.

[4] Adam was married to Winifred Wright;[1] they were active Christian Scientists.