John Frederick Adair
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| Full name | John Frederick Adair | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 January 1851 Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 April 1913 (aged 62) Ballsbridge, County Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||
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| 1875 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 6 May 1875 England XI v Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 27 May 1875 Cambridge University v MCC | ||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 3 March 2011 | |||||||||||||||
John Frederick Adair (20 January 1852 – 1 April 1913) was an Irish mathematician and physicist who taught in England and Australia. He was a keen cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University in 1875.
Adair was born at St Stephen's Green, Dublin, the son of John Adair, a lawyer. He studied at Trinity College Dublin being a scholar in 1871 and being awarded BA in mathematics in 1873. In 1874 he was admitted at Pembroke College, Cambridge and was awarded BA in mathematics (7th Wrangler) in 1878. From 1878 and 1879 he was an assistant master at Derby School and from 1887 to 1890 he was a demonstrator in physics at the University of Sydney. Adair died at Ballsbridge, County Dublin, Ireland at the age of 61.