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John Loudon McAdam, 1830, National Gallery, London. John Loudon McAdam (23 September 1756 [1] – 26 November 1836) was a Scottish civil engineer and road-builder. He invented a new process, "macadamisation", for building roads with a smooth hard surface, using controlled materials of mixed particle size and predetermined structure, that would be more durable and less muddy than soil-based tracks.
John Macadam was born at Northbank, Glasgow, Scotland, on 29 May 1827, [1] the son of William Macadam (1783-1853) and Helen, née Stevenson (1803-1857). [2] His father was a Glasgow businessman, who owned a spinning and textile printing works in Kilmarnock, and was a burgess and a bailie (magistrate) of Glasgow. [3]
John Loudon McAdam was born in Ayr, Scotland, in 1756. In 1787, he became a trustee of the Ayrshire Turnpike in the Scottish Lowlands and during the next seven years his hobby became an obsession. He moved to Bristol, England, in 1802 and became a Commissioner for Paving in 1806. [6]
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John Loudon McAdam. John Loudon McAdam (23 September 1756 – 26 November 1836) was a Scottish civil engineer and road-builder. He invented a new process, "macadamisation", for building roads with a smooth hard surface, using controlled materials of mixed particle size and predetermined structure, that would be more durable and less muddy than soil-based tracks.
John Charles McAdams (October 26, 1945 – April 15, 2021) [1] [2] was an American conservative and associate professor of political science at Marquette University. [3] [4] McAdams taught courses on American politics and public policy, voter behavior, and the John F. Kennedy assassination; he ran a website on the assassination and published a book on the subject, JFK Assassination Logic: How ...
John Loudon McAdam (1756–1836), Scottish engineer noted for inventing the process of "macadamization" of roads John McAdam (politician) (1807–1893), Irish-born politician in New Brunswick, Canada John Macadam (1827–1865), Australian (Scottish-born) chemist, medical teacher and politician, after whom the Macadamia nut is named
John McAdam is a technology executive.. McAdam holds a B.Sc. in computer science from the University of Glasgow, Scotland. [1] From January 1995 until August 1999, he served as the president and chief operating officer of Sequent Computer Systems, a manufacturer of high-end open systems, which was sold to IBM in September 1999.