Site Represents a site. End Date 1865 Show Point true Place The town or city 127 South St, St Andrews KY16 9UH Prim Media 592 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource John Adamson's House Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived mathematicalycurious Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 308 Type The nature or genre of the resource Site Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,56.339372189638986,-2.7968278527259827; Description An account of the resource A blue plaque on site, in memory of Dr John Adamson and his contribution to photography and public health, marks his life here from 1848 to 1865. This house became the main post office of St Andrews from 1907, and in 2012 was renovated into a local restaurant: The Adamson, named after him. Dr John Adamson (1809-1870), educated at the University of St Andrews and the University of Edinburgh, was a physician and a pioneer to early photography. Through his close friend Sir David Brewster, he became heavily involved with studying the calotype, an early photographic process introduced by William Henry Fox Talbot. He made significant contribution by managing to “control a process that remained remarkably difficult” and was credited with taking the first calotype portrait in Scotland in 1840-1842. He also educated his younger brother Robert Adamson about the calotype technique, who later became a pioneering photographer. <p>To see more information on Dr John Adamson, click <a href="https://maths.curious-sta.org/john-adamsons-house/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1848 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource yl238 Subject The topic of the resource Chemistry,Photography Europeana Specific elements of the Europeana Semantic Elements. Europeana Type The Europeana material type of the resource. TEXT