2 0 1 9 , ▁after ▁a ▁long ▁ill ness . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : Int el ▁people ▁Category : American ▁elect rical ▁engine ers <0x0A> </s> ▁Thomas ▁Adams ▁( c . ▁ 1 6 3 3 ▁– ▁ 1 1 ▁December ▁ 1 6 7 0 ) ▁was ▁an ▁English ▁academic ▁and ▁the ological ▁writer . ▁He ▁was ▁the ▁brother ▁of ▁Richard ▁Adams . ▁ ▁Life ▁He ▁was ▁born ▁at ▁Wood ch urch , ▁Bir ken head , ▁Ch esh ire , ▁where ▁his ▁father ▁and ▁grand father , ▁the ▁own ers ▁of ▁the ▁adv ow son , ▁were ▁both ▁benef iced . ▁He ▁became ▁a ▁student ▁of ▁Bras en ose ▁College , ▁Oxford , ▁in ▁July ▁ 1 6 4 9 , ▁and ▁was ▁made ▁fellow . ▁He ▁became ▁B . A . ▁on ▁ 8 ▁February ▁ 1 6 5 3 , ▁and ▁fellow ▁the ▁same ▁year . ▁He ▁was ▁M . A . ▁on ▁ 2 8 ▁June ▁ 1 6 5 5 , ▁and ▁lect urer - de an . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁e ject ed ▁from ▁his ▁fellow ship ▁for ▁non con form ity ▁in ▁ 1 6 6 2 , ▁and ▁he ▁spent ▁the ▁remainder ▁of ▁his ▁life ▁as ▁chap lain ▁in ▁private ▁families . ▁He ▁res ided ▁within ▁the ▁family ▁of ▁Sir ▁Samuel ▁Jones , ▁and ▁afterwards ▁was ▁chap lain ▁to ▁the ▁Dow ager ▁Count ess ▁of ▁Cla re . ▁He ▁died ▁on ▁ 1 1 ▁December ▁ 1 6 7 0 . ▁