Background
Adams, Laurence Pentecost was born on March 16, 1925. Son of William and Dorothy Emily Adams.
Adams, Laurence Pentecost was born on March 16, 1925. Son of William and Dorothy Emily Adams.
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, University Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1951. Diploma in photogrammetry, University London, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy, University East Africa, 1970.
Staff, provincial surveyor Her Majesty Overseas Civil Service, Survey of Kenya, 1951—1963. Senior lecturer then professor, head department surveying and photogrammetry University Nairobi, 1964—1972. Professor photogrammetry and surveying University Cape Town, 1972—1990, emeritus professor, head biostereometrics unit department biomedical engineering faculty medicine, 1991—1999.
Visiting professor University Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1976. Lieutenant Royal Art., 1943-1947.
Member of International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (chairman working group 5/4 1985), South African Society for Photogrammetry Remote Sensing and Cartography (president 1980), Royal Institution Chartered Surveyors (president Kenya branch 1970).
Married Kathleen Stirk, 1956. 3 children.