| 词条 | Robert Adamson (FDNY Commissioner) |
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Martilla Ellen Cook| image =File:Robert Edward Adamson in 1914.jpg | alt = | caption =Adamson in 1913 | order = | office =New York City Fire Commissioner | term_start =1914 | term_end =1917 | appointed_by=John Purroy Mitchel | spouse =Ethel McClintock May | predecessor =Joseph Johnson | successor =Thomas J. Drennan }}Robert Edward Adamson (March 31, 1871 – September 19, 1935) was an American journalist and public official.[1] BiographyAdamson was born on March 31, 1871 in Clayton County, Georgia to Augustus Pitt Adamson and Martilla Ellen Cook. He began writing articles for the Macon, Georgia newspaper while still in his teens. At age 20, he became city editor of the Atlanta Constitution. He later moved to New York City and worked as a reporter for The New York Sun, the New York World, and the Brooklyn Eagle. He married Ethel McClintock May on December 10, 1902 at Trinity Chapel in Manhattan. In 1910, Adamson became secretary to New York Mayor William Jay Gaynor, and gained fame by helping thwart an assassination attempt on Gaynor. When Gaynor died in September 1910, Adamson continued as secretary to the new mayor, Ardolph Loges Kline. In 1914, he was campaign manager for John Purroy Mitchel. In 1914 Mitchel appointed Adamson as the 9th Fire Commissioner of the City of New York. Adamson served in that position until the end of the Mitchel Administration on December 31, 1917. During his tenure he worked to have the entire department motorized.[1] He also proposed a modern fire alarm system for the city.[2] Adamson unsuccessfully ran for the New York Board of Aldermen in 1917. He then left politics to work in banking and public relations. He died of a heart attack in Manhattan, New York City on September 19, 1935.[3] References1. ^{{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=Fire Department To Be Completely Motorized. Commissioner Adamson Tells of Savings Effected by Automobiles. Average $485 an Engine |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/01/03/104639457.pdf |quote= |newspaper=New York Times |date=January 3, 1915 |accessdate=2013-12-26 }} {{s-start}}{{s-civ|fir}}{{succession box| before=Joseph Johnson| title=FDNY Commissioner| years=1914–1917 | after=Thomas J. Drennan}}{{s-end}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Adamson, Robert}}2. ^{{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=Adamson Has New Emergency Alarm System Whereby You Call Up Police |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/02/15/100139407.pdf |quote=Fire Commissioner Robert Adamson announced yesterday the complete installation of an emergency telephone fire alarm system to take care of all unusual fire contingencies until the modern fire alarm system, now being planned by the Commissioner to take the place of the present antiquated one, is ready. |newspaper=New York Times |date=February 15, 1915 |accessdate=2013-12-26 }} 3. ^1 {{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=Robert Adamson, Ex-fire Head, Dies. Commissioner Under Mitchel Had Been Secretary to Gaynor, Then Kline |url=https://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F40B11FB3A5A107A93C2AB1782D85F418385F9 |quote=Robert Adamson, former banker and Fire Commissioner of New York under Mayor John Purroy Mitchel, died unexpectedly at 3:15 P. M. yesterday in his ... |work=New York Times |date=September 20, 1935 |accessdate=2010-03-27 }} 4 : 1871 births|1935 deaths|Commissioners of the New York City Fire Department|Editors of Georgia (U.S. state) newspapers |
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