Samuel Hoppus Adams

Samuel Hoppus Adams (1835-1895) was a British surgeon, physician and botanist.

Life Adams was born in Yardley Hastings in 1835 and christened on 21 June 1835. He was educated at Bedford Modern School and matriculated at University College London where he achieved a gold medal in Structural and Physiological Botany. He became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1858, and subsequently studied medicine and graduated MB (first division) in 1859, and MD in 1861.

After graduating, Adams served as a surgeon for The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. In terms of his medical service in Bedford it was commented that:

Adams married Caroline England in London in 1880; they had three children. He died in Bedford on 1 March 1895 and was buried in accordance with the rites of the Moravian Church. His obituary in the British Medical Journal stated that: