[person] Welsh astronomer, born near Launceston, Cornwall (1819-1892). He successfully predicted the existence of a then-unknown planet (Neptune) based on perturbations in Uranus' orbit. He also studied the Leonid meteor shower, successfully predicting its occurrence and proving its association with Tempel's Comet. Appears in modules:

(n) American Revolutionary leader and patriot; an organizer of the Boston Tea Party and signer of the Declaration of Independence (1722-1803)(n) 6th President of the United States; son of John Adams ( [..]

Parson Adams, the ideal of a benevolent, simple-minded, eccentric country clergyman; ignorant of the world, bold as a lion for the truth, and modest as a girl. The character is in Fielding’s [..]

Adams was born on 31 December 1851 in Davenport, Iowa, and died in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on 11 August 1921. In many respects typical of the new generation ...

<person> An Irish physician. Lived: 1791-1875. See: Adams-Stokes disease, Stokes-Adams disease, Adams-Stokes syncope, Adams-Stokes syndrome, Stokes-Adams syndrome, Morgagni-Adams-Stokes syndrome. (05 Mar 2000)

<person> A British surgeon. Lived: 1760-1829. (05 Mar 2000)

The Anti-Doping Administration and Management System (ADAMS) enables athletes and anti-doping organisations to enter and share data related to doping control in order to meet their responsibilities under the World Anti-Doping Code (the Code). ADAMS is an online system which allows restricted sharing of data only with those organisations with a righ [..]