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Adam Marsh Adam Marsh (Adam de Marisco) (ca. 1200 – November 18 1259), English Franciscan, scholar and theologian, was born about 1200 in the diocese of Bath, and educated at Oxford (Greyfriars) under the famous Grosseteste.
Adam Mattera Adam Mattera is the editor of Attitude magazine, a leading UK monthly publication aimed at the gay market. Adam Mattera won Best Men's Magazine editor at the BSME awards (British Society of Magazine Editors) in 2005.
Adam Matthews Balloon Festival The Adam Matthews Balloon Festival is the fifth largest hot air balloon festival in the United States, and the largest in the state of Kentucky. It is held annually in late September at Bowman Field in Louisville, Kentucky.
Adam McKay Adam McKay is a writer and film director. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1968 and is one of the founding members of the Upright Citizens Brigade improv comedy group and a former performer at Chicago's ImprovOlympic theater.
Adam McLean Adam McLean (1948-) is a well known enthusiast and authority on alchemical texts and symbolism. In 1978 he founded the Hermetic Journal which he published until 1992 during which time he also started publishing the Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks, a series of thirty two editions (to date) of key source texts of the hermetic tradition.
Adam McMullen Adam McMullen (June 12, 1872 – March 2, 1959) was a Nebraska republican politician best known for being the 25th governor of Nebraska. He was also a delegate to 1944 Republican National Convention and the chairman of the National Governors Association in 1927 to 1928.
Adam McPhee Adam McPhee (born October 6 1982) is an Australian rules football football player, who currently wears the number 33 jumper for the Essendon Bombers. He is a versatile player who has played in both attack and defence, and is much admired for his aggressive approach at the football.
Adam Michnik Adam Michnik (born October 17, 1946 in Warsaw, Poland) is the editor-in-chief of Gazeta Wyborcza (Election Gazette), a major Polish newspaper. He was a dissident during the Communist period in Poland and was imprisoned for six years for his dissident activities.
Adam Miller (baseball player) Adam Miller (born November 26, 1984, in Plano, Texas), is a right handed pitcher who is currently a top prospect in the Cleveland Indians organization. He started the 2006 season as a starting pitcher with the Double A Akron Aeros.
Adam Mitchell Adam Mitchell is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, played by Bruno Langley. A young English researcher in the employ of American billionaire Henry van Statten from the year 2012, he is the second known companion of the Ninth Doctor.
Adam Mogg Adam Mogg (born July 31, 1977 in Toowoomba, Queensland) is a rugby league player for the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League competition. He started his professional career for the Redcliffe Dolphins before he was scouted in 2002 by the Parramatta Eels.
Adam Newton Adam Newton (born December 4, 1980 in Ascot, England) is a professional footballer from Saint Kitts and Nevis, with Peterborough United. A right-back, he has been with Peterborough since 2002, having previously been with West Ham.
Adam Norget Adam Norget (born November 17, 1985 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian curler currently competing out of the Heather Curling Club in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Norget is currently the captain of the University of Manitoba Men's Curling Team.
Adam Olearius Adam Olearius (born Adam Oehlschlaeger) (1603–1671), German scholar, mathematician, geographer and librarian. He became secretary to the ambassador sent by Frederick III of Holstein-Gottorp, duke of Holstein-Gottorp to the Shah of Persia, and published two books about the events and observations during his travels.
Adam OĹ‚dakowski Adam OĹ‚dakowski (born December 25, 1955 in GiĹĽycko) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 7488 votes in 34 ElblÄ…g district, candidating from Samoobrona Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej list.
Adam Osborne Adam Osborne (March 6, 1939 – March 18, 2003) was an American author, book and software publisher, and computer designer who founded several companies in the United States and elsewhere. Osborne's financial success legitimated, in the public mind (and more important, in the investor's mind) the image of the computer innovator as swashbuckling poet and visionary.
Adam Paine Adam Paine (1843 – 1877) was a Black Seminole who served as a United States Army Indian Scout and received America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Indian Wars of the western United States.
Adam Parfrey Adam Parfrey (born 1957) is an American journalist, editor, and the publisher of Feral House books, whose work in all three capacities frequently centers on unusual, extreme, or "forbidden" areas of knowledge.
Adam Park Guild House The Adam Park Guild House is located at Adam Park Estate which was the site of intense fighting between British forces and the invading Japanese Army in February 1942, in the last day of the Battle of Singapore before the British surrender. On 12 February, the defending forces formed a final perimeter around the city.
Adam Pascal Adam Pascal (born October 25 1970) is an American actor and singer, best known for his Tony-nominated performance as Roger Davis in the original cast of Jonathan Larson's musical Rent on Broadway. He is also known for originating the role of Radames in Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida.
Adam Pearce Adam Pearce (born June 24, 1978), is an American professional wrestler better known by his stage name "Scrap Iron" Adam Pearce. After working the first half of his career as a babyface, he has steadfastly become one of the most hated wrestlers on the Independent circuit.
Adam Pedersen Adam Pedersen is a video game programmer and the founder of Adept Software, a company that creates video games and software for other programmers to use. He was born around the 1970s and currently lives in Menlo Park, California in the US.
Adam Perry Adam Perry (born May 29, 1979 in Junee, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian rugby league player for the Canterbury Bulldogs club in the National Rugby League competition. His position of choice is at hooker.
Adam Phillips (animator) Adam Phillips (born 1971) is an Australian freelance animator. His recent work, for which he is best known, has consisted of flash animation compositions published on his website Bitey Castle and on the flash portal Newgrounds (there, as of December 2006, his movies have over six million views and he is the highest-rated artist).
Adam Pine Adam Pine (born February 28, 1976 in Lismore, New South Wales) is a freestyle and butterfly swimmer from Australia, who competed for his native country in two consequentive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 in Sydney, Australia. There he swam in the heats for the gold (4x100m Freestyle) and silver (4x100m Medley) medal winning relay teams from the home country.
Adam Pinkhurst In 2004, Professor Linne Mooney was able to identify the scrivener who worked for Chaucer as an Adam Pinkhurst. Mooney, then a professor at the University of Maine and a visiting fellow at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, was able to match Pinkhurst's signature on an oath he signed to his lettering on a copy of Canterbury Tales that was transcribed from Chaucer's working copy.
Adam Price Adam Robert Price (born September 23, 1968, Carmarthen) is a politician in Wales, and Plaid Cymru Member of Parliament for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr. He was elected to Parliament in the 2001 general election.
Adam Proudlock Adam Proudlock (born May 9, 1981 in Wellington, Shropshire) is a footballer who currently plays for Stockport. He was sacked by Sheffield Wednesday early in the 2005/06 season for what was called a breach of club discipline, but was reinstated after an appeal by the PFA.
Adam Przeworski Adam Przeworski (born 1940) is a Polish-American professor of Political Science. One of the main important theorists and analysers of democratic societies, theory of democracy and political economy, he is currently a full professor at the Wilf Family Department of Politics of New York University.
Adam Quinn Adam Steven Quinn (born July 14, 1973) is an American bagpipe player, instructor, and prolific composer of bagpipe music, who resides in Clearwater, Florida. He was previously a member of the grade one Simon Fraser University Pipe Band, and is currently the front-man of the Celtic Fusion band, Lucid Druid.
Adam Randall Adam Randall (born Adam Lewis, 1979) is an actor from the Rhondda Valley, South Wales. He trained at East 15 Acting School and has appeared in several productions, including Sgripts Cymru's controversial play Franco's Bastard and played Gethin in the BBC series First Degree.
Adam Rifkin Adam Rifkin (born in 1966), sometimes credited as Rif Coogan, is an American film director, producer, actor and writer. Rifkin is claimed to belong to a rare breed of film directors that transited from public access television to Hollywood.
Adam Riggs Adam David Riggs (born October 4, 1972, in Steubenville, Ohio) was a Major League Baseball outfielder, first baseman, and second baseman. He is an alumnus of the University of South Carolina Aiken and attended Lenape Valley Regional High School in Stanhope, N.
Adam Rita Adam Rita is the vice president of football operations for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. He has previously served as either a coach and/or general manager with several other CFL team over the last two decades.
Adam Ritson Adam Ritson (born 1976 in Sydney, New South Wales) was an Australian rugby league player for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and the Parramatta Eels in the New South Wales Rugby League competition in Australia, his position of choice was at prop-forward.
Adam style The Adam style (or Adamesque) is a style of neoclassical architecture and design as practised by Scottish architect Robert Adam (1728- 1792) and his brothers. A book of engraved designs made the "Adam" repertory available throughout Europe.
Adam Sanat Adam Sanat (meaning "Adam Art") is a Turkish literary magazine founded in Istanbul by the Adam Publishing house in 1985. The magazine has published the works of many prominent Turkish writers, including the poets Efe Murat and Cem Kurtulus.
Adam Sandler Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9, 1966) is an American-Jewish actor, comedian, producer, and musician (he sings and plays the guitar). After becoming a successful stand-up comedian and Saturday Night Live cast member, he went on to become a major Hollywood actor and has starred in seven $100 million films.
Adam Sanford Adam Sanford (born July 12, 1975 in Dominica) is a West Indian cricketer who currently plays first class cricket for the Leeward Islands, despite being born in Dominica, which is a member of the Windward Islands Cricket Board of Control. Sanford played 11 Test matches for the West Indies, taking 15 wickets in five Tests in the 2001-02 home series against India, when he became the first indigenous Carib to play for the West Indies.
Adam Scott (actor) Adam Scott (born April 3, 1973 in Santa Cruz, California) is an American actor. He has co-starred in several high profile movies including Monster-in-Law (2005), The Aviator (2004) and High Crimes (2002), although some people may remember him for playing the part of Griff in the television series Boy Meets World and Josh on Party of Five, as well as David's love interest Ben Cooper on Six Feet Under.
Adam Scott Collegiate and Vocational Institute It has been suggested that this school-related article be merged to the appropriate school district or locality article. It may not meet Wikipedia's standards of verifiability or notability, it may not feature multiple independent reliable sources, or it may be a short entry that provides only directory-style information about the school.
Adam Shaheen Adam Shaheen is President of Cuppa Coffee Studio where he develops and produces all original programming. He is also the executive producer of Cuppa Coffee’s award winning broadcast design and commercial studio.
Adam Shapiro Adam Shapiro (1972- ) born in Brooklyn, NY, is a co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), a pro-Palestinian organization, the stated mission of which is to resist the Israeli occupation using nonviolent tactics, but which is regarded by some as condoning terrorism, a charge ISM vigorously denies. He became famous for staying with Yasser Arafat in his Mukataa compound in Ramallah while it was besieged by the Israeli Army.
Adam Shaw Adam Shaw is a former actor who has been presenting business news in various guises for the past 15 years. He presented "Business Breakfast and World Business Report" for the BBC before becoming the co-presenter of Working Lunch.
Adam Sherburne Adam Sherburne is the former lead guitarist, vocalist, and music director for Consolidated, a radical Left industrial band from San Francisco, California that played music covering many hot political topics, including vegetarianism, women's rights, animal rights, the unity of oppression, World War II and The Holocaust, the dangers of capitalism, and the evils of American nationalism. Consolidated was active from the late 1980s to the mid 1990s.
Adam Schneider Adam Schneider (born 12 May 1984) is a New South Wales-born Australian Football League player with the Sydney Swans. Known as a notorious goal-sneak for the Swans, he has served as the game-saving hero for the side in many matches, and was an integral part of the Swans' premiership win in 2005 providing crucial goals at crucial times.
Adam Schoenfeld Adam Schoenfeld is an American professional poker player and former columnist for Card Player magazine. Schoenfeld decided to quit his job as the vice president of an Internet analysis firm in order to play poker full-time.
Adam Siegel Adam Siegel is an American rock guitarist and producer. He was a founding member of the Los Angeles punk band Excel, and subsequently became the lead guitarist for the Suicidal Tendencies side project Infectious Grooves.
Adam Silverman Adam Benjamin Silverman (born in 1973, Atlanta, GA) is a composer of contemporary classical music. His works include the opera Korczak's Orphans (to a libretto by Susan Gubernat, based on the life of Polish Holocaust martyr Janusz Korczak), chamber and orchestral music, and music for the theater.
Adam Sinclair Adam Sinclair (born February 29, 1984) was a member of the Indian field hockey team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and is a resident of Coimbatore. He made his international debut in May 2004 during a Four Nation Tournament in Gifu (Japan).
Adam SĹ‚odowy Adam Slodowy, (born 1923) is a prominent Polish inventor, author, and TV host. In Poland, he is most notably known for hosting and producing his long-running Sunday morning TV show for children, entitled, "Do It Yourself" throughout the 1960s and 1970s; a show that taught children how to make all sorts of toys and contraptions - from mini airplanes to working radios - with simple and everyday supplies.
Adam Smith (Kentucky politician) Adam Smith is an American politician and farmer from Kentucky. In the 2004 election, he campaigned as a Democrat for a seat in the House of Representatives representing Kentucky's second congressional district, losing to the incumbent by 68 percent of the vote to 32 percent.
Adam Smith College The Adam Smith College, Fife is a further and higher education college located in Glenrothes and Kirkcaldy in Fife, Scotland. It was formed on August 1, 2005 by the merger of Glenrothes College and Fife College.
Adam Smith Institute The Adam Smith Institute is a think tank based in the United Kingdom, named after the father of modern economics, Adam Smith. Although non-partisan, it espouses free market and classical liberal views, in particular by creating radical policy options in the light of public choice theory, which politicians can then develop.
Adam Smith University Adam Smith University is a controversial unaccredited private distance learning university founded in 1991 by Donald Grunewald, still its president.History from Adam Smith University webpage Grunewald, a onetime president of Mercy College and is now a business professor at Iona College.
Adam Snyder Adam Snyder (born January 30, 1982 in Fullerton, California) is a National Football League offensive guard and tackle for the San Francisco 49ers. He was drafted in the third round in the 2005 NFL Draft by the 49ers.
Adam Spencer Adam Barrington Spencer (Born in 1970 in Gladesville, New South Wales) is an Australian radio DJ and media personality. He first came to fame when he won his round of the comedic talent search Raw Comedy in the mid 1990s.
Adam Stegerwald Adam Stegerwald (14 December 1874 - 3 December 1945) was a German Catholic politician and a leader of the left wing of the Centre Party. He served as Prime Minister of Prussia in 1921, and later as a minister in the national governments of Hermann MĂĽller and Heinrich BrĂĽning.
Adam Susan Adam Susan is a fictional character in the comic book series (later graphic novel) V for Vendetta, created by writer Alan Moore and illustrator David Lloyd. The character also appears in the film adaptation as Adam Sutler, and is played by John Hurt.
Adam Svoboda Adam Svoboda (born January 26, 1978 in Brno) is a Czech Ice Hockey Goalie currently playing for HC Slavia Prague. Before this he played for HC Sparta Praha, HC Pardubice, Sinupret Ice Tigers, HC Lada Togliatti and TimrĂĄ IK as well as occasionally playing for the Czech national team.
Adam teasing Adam teasing is the counterpart to the concept of Eve teasing, where an individual or a group of females impose sexual harassment on a male. It is however, not considered seriously, as it seldoms goes documented.
Adam the Leper Adam the Leper was the leader of a fourteenth-century robber band, operating in the south west of England in the 1330s and 1340s. Like the north Midlands bandits Eustace Folville and James Cotterel, he and his gang specialised in theft and kidnap.
Adam Talley Adam Talley (born January 24, 1978) is a self-published comic book writer and artist. His best-known work is Pleasant Hymns (retitled in January 2007 as Pleasant Life), a comic inspired by his college friends and experiences, but he also illustrates The Adventures of Earthgirl and Atomic Adonis, written and created by Melody Glass.
Adam Tas Adam Tas (1668 – June, 1722) was a community leader in the Cape Colony at the turn of the 17th century, and is best known for his role in the conflict between Cape Governor Willem Adriaan van der Stel (son of the former Governor Simon van der Stel) and the "free burghers" at the Cape of Good Hope.
Adam Taylor Adam Taylor (born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on November 24, 1981) is a Canadian composer. He studied Composition and Music Theory at Carleton University, learning from fellow Canadian composers, Deirdre Piper and Patrick Cardy.
Adam Thomas Adam Thomas is an English actor who is currently starring as Donte Charles in BBC One drama series Waterloo Road. He is the real life younger brother of Coronation Street actor Ryan Thomas (aka Jason Grimshaw).
Adam Thoroughgood Adam Thoroughgood (1604 — 1640) was a colonist and community leader in the Virginia Colony who helped settle the area of South Hampton Roads known in contemporary times as the independent city of Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Adam Trupish Adam Trupish (born February 8, 1979 in London, Ontario) is a boxer from Canada, competing in the welterweight (– 69kg) division. He represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where he was eliminated in the first round by Ruslan Khairov of Azerbaijan.
Adam Wakeman Adam Wakeman (born March 11, 1974 in Windsor, Berkshire, England) is the current keyboardist for the legendary rock band Black Sabbath. Prior to joining the band in June 2004, Adam was involved with such artists as Annie Lennox, Travis, A Company of Snakes, Victoria Beckham, and Atomic Kitten.
Adam Walsh Adam John Walsh (November 14, 1974–c. July 27, 1981), the son of America's Most Wanted host John Walsh, was abducted from a Sears department store at the Hollywood Mall in Hollywood, Florida, on July 27, 1981, and later found murdered.
Adam Warlock Adam Warlock, also known as Him, is a fictional character who originated in comic books published by Marvel Comics, which owns all trademarks and copyrights pertaining to the character. Although Warlock was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, who wrote and drew his first appearances in Fantastic Four Vol.
Adam Warren Adam Warren is an American comic book illustrator and writer who is most famous for his adaptation of the Dirty Pair into comic book form. He has also contributed to several Gen¹³ comics, worked as writer and character designer for the Marvel Comics series Livewires, and done numerous freelance works.
Adam West Adam West (born William West Anderson on September 19, 1928 in Walla Walla, Washington, USA) is an American actor, best known for playing the role of Batman on the original television program that ran from 1966 to 1968.
Adam Whitehead Adam Whitehead (born March 28, 1980 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire) is a former breaststroke swimmer from Great Britain, who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There he was eliminated in the heats, in the 100m and 200m Breaststroke.
Adam Wilhelm Moltke Adam Wilhelm Moltke (August 25, 1785–February 15, 1864) was Prime Minister of Denmark from 1848 to 1852. He was the first Danish Prime Minister in the Danish constitutional monarchy outlined in 1848 and signed as the Danish Constitution on 5 June 1849 by Frederik VII of Denmark.
Adam Willard Adam "Atom" Willard (born August 15, 1973), is the current drummer of the bands The Offspring, Angels and Airwaves and The Special Goodness. Atom is also mentioned as "Drum God" in Weezer's Green Album.
Adam Williams (musician) Adam Jeremy Williams (Adam 12) was a guitarist for Powerman 5000 but recently left to focus on recording and producing new rock, hip-hop, pop, and jazz artists such as Life the Guardian. He was born in Teaneck, New Jersey where his family resides.
Adam Wiltzie Adam Wiltzie is a composer, and sound engineer born in New York City in September 1969. Although he may be best known for founding the seminal ambient classical projects Stars of the Lid, The Dead Texan, and Aix em Klemm, he also has recorded, played, and worked as a live sound engineer for famed groups such as The Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev, Labradford, Bedhead, The Bad Livers, Windsor for the Derby, and Sparklehorse.
Adam Worth Adam Worth (1844-1902) was a German-born gentleman criminal. A Scotland Yard detective named Robert Anderson gave him a nickname, "the Napoleon of the criminal world",Ben Macintyre, The Napoleon of Crime: The Life and Times of Adam Worth, Master Thief, Delta, 1997, ISBN 0-385-31993-2, p.
Adam Wylie Adam Wylie (born May 23, 1984, in San Dimas, California) is an American television and motion picture actor, as well as a Broadway musical performer, and a former Crayola spokesman. Probably best known for playing Zack Brock in the television series Picket Fences, Wylie has done extensive cartoon voice-over work, and in 2002, appeared in Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods.
Adam Wysocki Adam Wysocki (born December 27, 1974 in AugustĂłw) is a Polish flatwater canoer. A consistent competitor at the highest level since the mid-nineties he has won two world championship gold medals in the K-2 kayak.
Adam Yahiye Gadahn Adam Yahiye Gadahn (; born September 1, 1978) is an American-born member of the al-Qaeda organization who in recent years has become an English-language spokesman for the group. He is notable for his suspected appearances as "Azzam the American" (ʿAzzām al-Amrīki, عزام الأمريكي), a spokesperson in 2004-2006 videotapes which claim to be messages from Al Qaeda to the United States.
Adam Yamaguchi Adam Yamaguchi (Los Angeles, CA) is an American television correspondent and producer at Current TV, a cable network founded by former US Vice President Al Gore. He earned economics and communications degrees at UCLA, where he served as editor-in-chief of the Daily Bruin newspaper.
Adam's Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador Adams Cove, Village, in Trinity-Conception Bay District, in 1968. A post and money order office, farming and fishing village in Bay de Verde District, located 10 miles north east of Carbonear the nearest railway station, express and banking: telegraph is at Western Bay 2 miles distant.
Adam's Curse Adam's Curse: A Future Without Men (also known as Adam's Curse: A Story of Sex, Genetics, and the Extinction of Men) is a 2003 book by Oxford University human genetics professor Bryan Sykes expounding his hypothesis that with the declining sperm count in men and the continual atrophy of the Y chromosome, within 5,000 generations (approximately 125,000 years) the male of the human species will become extinct.
Adam's Song "Adam's Song" is a song by pop punk band blink-182 from their album Enema of the State. It is one of blink-182's most popular songs, and probably their most popular "serious" song to date (along with the hit "Down" from their album, blink-182).
Adam-ondi-Ahman Adam-ondi-Ahman is a historic site along the east bank of the Grand River in Daviess County, Missouri. The early settlement was commonly called Diahman by contemporaries and the town was later known as Cravensville.
Adam-Troy Castro Adam-Troy Castro is a science fiction, fantasy, and horror writer living in Florida. He has more than seventy stories to his credit and has been nominated for numerous awards, including the Hugo, Nebula, and Stoker.
Adam, Earl of Angus Adam (perhaps representing the name Áedán), ruled from sometime prior to 1189 as Mormaer of Angus. Almost nothing is known of him, but it is fairly certain that he was the son of Gille Brigte, the previous Mormaer.
Adam4Adam Adam4Adam is an online dating website launched in 2003 and operated by a company called "Convergent Ideas, LLC". The site is designed for men to meet other men "for friendship, romance, or a hot hookup.
Adama Family In the fictional Battlestar Galactica universe, the Adama family is the family of Commander Adama, commander of the Battlestar Galactica, and they are some of the core characters of the series. The composition of the family varies from the original 1978 series and the the 2003 remake.
Adamair Adamair or Adammair, son of Fer Corb, was a legendary High King of Ireland of the 5th century BC. He was known by the epithet FoltchaĂ­n, "beautiful hair", as was his reputed lover, the deer goddess Flidais.
Adamant Adamant and similar words are used to refer to any especially hard substance, whether composed of diamond, some other gemstone, or some type of metal. Both adamant and diamond derive from the Greek word αδαμας (adamas), meaning "untameable".
Adamanthea A nymph in Greek mythology, Adamanthea helped raise the infant Zeus to hide him from his father, Cronus. Reacting to a prophesy from his mother Gaia that his own offspring would overthrow his supreme position in the pantheon, Cronus swallowed all of his children immediately after birth.
Adamantios Androutsopoulos Adamantios Androutsopoulos (Αδαμάντιος Ανδρουτσόπουλος) (1919 – November 10, 2000) was a lawyer, professor, and the Prime Minister of Greece from 1973 to 1974 appointed by junta strongman Dimitrios Ioannides.
Adamantios Korais Adamantios Korais (Coraïs) (Greek Αδαμάντιος Κοραής) (April 27, 1748–April 6, 1833) was born in Smyrna, in 1748. He was exceptionally passionate about philosophy, literacy and linguistics and studied greatly throughout his youth.
Adamantisaurus Adamantisaurus (ah-dah-MAHN-ti-SAWR-us; "Adamantina lizard") is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now South America. It is only known from six tail vertebrae but, as a sauropod, it can be assumed that this dinosaur was a very large animal with a long neck and tail.
Adamantium (comics) Adamantium is a fictional chemical substance and metal alloy in the Marvel comics' universe. Adamantium is supposedly indestructible, and the chemical processes needed to create it are incredibly difficult to achieve and exceedingly expensive.
Adamaru Adamaru is a village in the Dakshina kannada district of Karnataka state in India. The village houses the Adamaru matha which is a part of the Ashta (eight) mathas established by Dvaita philosopher Shri Madhwacharya.
Adamasta Channel The Adamasta Channel (Chinese: 北長洲海峽) is a narrow passage between the Chi Ma Wan Peninsula of Lantau Island and Cheung Chau island in Hong Kong. It is one of the few passages in Hong Kong waters with a significant hazard, the Adamasta Rock, in the middle; however, the rock is well marked with a fixed light, and port- and starboard-hand buoys on either side.

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