NOTES and extracts relating to the history of the Commercial Companies, Banks, etc., of Great Britain, by Adam Anderson ; collected for his "Historical and Chronological Deduction of the Origin of Commerce," published in 1764. Paper. Small Folio. [Ad... 1764
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Anderson, Adam, 1692?-1765
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Anderson was born in Kincardine-on-Forth in 1780. From 1809 he was the Rector of Perth Academy where he advocated inclusion of chemistry and science in the curriculum. While there he supervised the construction of Perth Gasworks and was then requested by Perth Water Commissioners to design and construct a means of maintaining a clean water supply for Perth. The report was given by Anderson to the Commissioners in 1834 and published in 1837. In that year Anderson took up a position as Professor o...