BLACKADER, Adam. 17?? — 1807?. British Physician in India. Surgeon of Presidency of Fort Saint George (Madras), in the 1780s positioned in Madurai. Visited England, returned to India by land-route with Major Taylor. Retired. Married, at least one daughter. In Madurai he collected Indian paintings.

Publications: “Description of the great pagoda of Madura, the Choultry of Trimul Naik”, Archaeologia 10, 1792, 449-459.

Sources: Stray notes in Internet.