Charles William Adams (7 July 1840–29 October 1918) was a New Zealand surveyor, astronomer and public servant. He was born in
Buckland,
Tasmania
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Australia
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on July 7th 1840.
His son,
Charles Edward Adams, pursued a similar career as a university lecturer, surveyor, astronomer and seismologist.
His daughter,
Ella Spicer
Eleanor 'Ella' Juliet Spicer (née Adams, 1876 – 1958) was a New Zealand artist. Her work is included in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Turnbull library and Hocken library.
Personal life
Born in Lawrence, New ...
, and granddaughter,
Peggy Spicer
Mary Margaret Gore Spicer (1908–1984) was a New Zealand artist.
Education
Spicer was educated at Chilton Saint James School in Lower Hutt, New Zealand, and Diocesan School for Girls, Auckland, Diocesan School for Girls in Auckland. She then ...
, were both painters.
References
New Zealand public servants
New Zealand surveyors
Australian emigrants to New Zealand
20th-century New Zealand astronomers
People from Tasmania
1840 births
1918 deaths
20th-century New Zealand public servants
19th-century New Zealand astronomers
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