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Michael Adams (other)
Michael Adams may refer to: Academia *Michael Friedrich Adams, alternate name of Johann Friedrich Adam (1780–1838), Russian botanist *Michael F. Adams (born 1948), former president of the University of Georgia *J. Michael Adams (1947–2012), president of Fairleigh Dickinson University Arts and entertainment *Michael Adams (journalist) (1920–2005), who worked for the BBC *Michael Adams (stunt performer) (1950–2010), actor, stunt performer and stunt coordinator *Michael Adams (presenter) (born 1999), British television personality Politics *Michael Adams (Canadian politician) (1845–1899), Canadian politician *Michael Adams (Kentucky politician) (born 1976), secretary of state of Kentucky *Michael Adams (Wisconsin politician) (1831–1903), American businessman and politician Sports *Michael Adams (basketball) (born 1963), American basketball player *Michael Adams (chess player) (born 1971), English chess grandmaster *Michael Adams (American football) (born 1985), American f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Friedrich Adam
Johann Friedrich Adam, later called Michael Friedrich Adams (1780 in Moscow – 1 March 1838, in Vereya) was a botanist from Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Russia. He studied from 1795–1796 in the medical school of Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg. In the years 1800–1802 he traveled across Transcaucasia in the entourage of Count Apollo Mussin-Pushkin (1760–1805). In 1805, he was part of a scientific team attached to the unsuccessful diplomatic mission of Count Yury Golovkin to China. After the failure of the mission, he and many of the other scientists stayed on in Siberia to pursue their researches. In 1806, while in Yakutsk, he heard about an intact woolly mammoth carcass near the mouth of the Lena River. He hastily arranged an expedition to the location where he was able to recover most of the skeleton, skin, and almost forty pounds of hair. At the time, and for almost a century after, this was the most complete mammoth known. He returned to St. Petersburg with h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |