Thomas Adam (25 February 1701 – 31 March 1784) was a Church of England clergyman and religious writer.
He was born at Leeds, West Yorkshire on 25 February 1701: his father Henry Adam was a solicitor and town clerk of the Leeds Corporation, his mother Elizabeth, daughter of Jasper Blythman.
He then moved to Hart Hall, Oxford, through the influence of Richard Newton.
[3] He published:[1] Adam's Posthumous Works (1786) were edited by James Stillingfleet (1741–1826), with his close clerical associates Joseph Milner and William Richardson of York.
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