John Loudon McAdam
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 188 years ago |
Date of birth | September 23,1756 |
Zodiac sign | Libra |
Born | Ayr |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | November 26,1836 |
Died | Moffat |
United Kingdom | |
Nationality | Scottish |
Children | James Nicoll McAdam |
John Loudon McAdam | |
Parents | Susanna Cochrane |
James McAdam | |
James McAdam Esquire | |
Job | Civil engineer |
Books | Remarks on the Present System of Road Making |
Observations on the Management of Trusts for the Care of Turnpike Roads . . . . . . : And Upon the Nature and Effect of the Present Road Law of this Kingdom . . . | |
Signific advanc | Macadamisation |
Current partner | Anne Charlotte Delancey |
Gloria Margaretta Nicoll | |
Grandchildren | James McAdam |
Great grandchild | James John Loudon McAdam |
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ID | 509873 |
John Loudon McAdam Life story
John Loudon McAdam was a Scottish civil engineer and road-builder. He invented a new process, "macadamisation", for building roads with a smooth hard surface, using controlled materials of mixed particle size and predetermined structure, that would be more durable and less muddy than soil-based tracks.