James Adams (1737 – 7 December 1802) was an English Jesuit and philologist. Life Adams joined the English Jesuits in exile at their novitiate of Watten (France), on 7 September 1756. Afterwards Adams taught belles-lettres at the English College of St. Omer. Having exercised his functions as a missionary for many years, he retired to Dublin, August, 1802, and died there in the following month of December. Works Adams was the author of the following works. Early Rules for Taking a Likeness. with plates, London, 1792; translated from Bonamici. Oratio Academica Anglice et Latine. London, 1793. Euphonologia Linguae Anglicanae, Latine et Gallice, London, 1794; for which he received the thanks of the Royal Society. Rule Britannia, or the Flattery of Free Subjects Expounded; to which is added an Academical Discourse. London, 1798. A Sermon preached at the Catholic Chapel of St. Patrick, Sutton-street, on Wednesday, March 7, the Day of Public Fast. London, 1798. The Pronunciation of the English Language Vindicated. Edinburgh 1799. References 1737 births 1802 deaths English Roman Catholic missionaries 18th-century English Jesuits 19th-century English Jesuits English philologists English non-fiction writers Clergy from Bury St Edmunds English male non-fiction writers 18th-century English non-fiction writers 18th-century English male writers 18th-century English writers British expatriates in France Jesuit missionaries Missionary linguists