Adelbert. Copyist and Illuminator.. Saec. XII.
Præpositus of Corbey in Westphalia under Abbot Wichbold (1131-1174).
He executed with considerable skill and industry a Book of Records of his Order during his own lifetime, which he dedicated to St. Vitus, whose portrait occurs in the first miniature. It is in folio, and on vellum.
--Archiv der Gesellschaft für ältere deutsche Geschichtskunde, iv. 350.
Adams, Robert Chamblet. Born in Massachusetts in 1839. Son of Nehemiah Adams, supra. Writings: History of England in Rhyme; History of the United States in Rhyme; On Board the Rocket; Aids to Endeavour, Evolution, a Summary of Evidence; Travels in Faith from Tradition to Reason; Pioneer Pith. Published by Lothrop Publishing Co., Boston.