John Loudon McAdam
Scottish civil engineer
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... Wikipedia
Born: September 23, 1756, Ayr, United Kingdom
Died: November 26, 1836 (age 80 years), Moffat, United Kingdom
Children: James Nicoll McAdam and John Loudon McAdam
Parents: James McAdam Esquire, Susanna Cochrane, and James McAdam
Grandchild: James McAdam
Partner: Anne Charlotte Delancey (1827–) and Gloria Margaretta Nicoll
Significant advance: "Macadamisation"