John Loudon McAdam
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Scottish engineer and road-builder (1756–1836)
Authority record · VIAF
- Lifespan
- 1756–1836
- Nationality
- GB
- Role / Field
- Przemysl, Budownictwo
- Language
- eng
- Gender
- Male
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Key facts
- Born
- 23 September 1756 , Ayr , Scotland
- Died
- 26 November 1836 (1836-11-26) (aged 80), Moffat , Dumfriesshire , Scotland
- Citizenship
- Scottish
- Significant advance
- Macadamisation
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Ayr
- Place of death
- Moffat
- Occupation
- inventor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- John Loudon McAdam.jpg
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- place of burial
- Scotland
- Commons category
- John Loudon McAdam
- date of death
- 1836-11-26
- date of birth
- 1756-09-21
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- John Loudon McAdam
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
John Loudon McAdam, 1830, National Gallery, London
John Loudon McAdam (23 September 1756 – 26 November 1836) 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.
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