About Eric Forbes Adam
Lived 1888 – 1925 (aged 36). Eric Forbes Adam was a British cricketer and diplomat.
Eric Graham Forbes Adam (3 October 1888 – 7 July 1925) was a British diplomat and First Secretary to the Foreign Office.
Adam was born in Malabar Hill, Bombay, India, the second son of Sir Frank Forbes Adam, 1st Baronet.
ADAM, Eric Graham Forbes, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007, accessed 28 Dec 2012 The Times, Thursday, 9 Jul 1925; pg. 13; Issue 44009; col E Mr. E. Forbes Adam. Death in Constantinople. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
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Who was Eric Forbes Adam?
British diplomat (1888-1925)
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Eric Forbes Adam was born on 3 October 1888 in Malabar Hill.
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Eric Forbes Adam died on 7 July 1925 in Istanbul.
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Eric Forbes Adam was a cricketer and diplomat.
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Eric Forbes Adam was British.
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