William Adey

William James Adey CMG (27 Mayu 1874 - 23 Mayu 1956) masanin ilimin Australiya ne kuma ma'aikacin gwamnati.

 Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi 
An haifi Adey a kusa da Clare a Kudancin Ostiraliya ga manomi Charles George Adey da Ann, née Ritchie . Ya halarci makarantun firamare na jihar kafin ya yi karatu a Kwalejin Horar da Grote Street a 1894 da kuma Kwalejin horar da Melbourne a 1907; ya kuma yi karatu na ɗan lokaci a Jami'ar Adelaide (1909-15), kodayake bai taɓa kammala karatu ba. 

 Ayyuka 
Ya yi aiki a matsayin malamin makarantar firamare daga 1895 zuwa 1909 a makarantu daban-daban.

A shekara ta 1909 aka nada Adey a matsayin shugaban Makarantar Sakandare ta Adelaide, matsayin da ya rike har zuwa 1919. Ya kasance mai binciken makarantun sakandare daga 1919 zuwa 1920 kafin ya zama mai kula da ilimin sakandare. A shekara ta 1929 ya zama Darakta na Ilimi, kodayake shi ne zaɓi na biyu kuma an umurce shi da ya iyakance kansa don bin shirin wanda ya riga shi; ba mai gyara ba, ya bi wannan umarnin, amma ana sha'awar ikon gudanarwa da koyarwarsa. Ya ja hankalin mutane sosai saboda rawar da ya taka a kwamitin bincike na 1931, inda ya saba wa abokan aikinsa a adawa da kudaden makarantar sakandare da kuma iyakancewar shiga makarantar sakandare. Ya kasa hana gabatar da kudaden makaranta gaba daya amma ya yi ƙoƙari ya kawar da rashin daidaito na zamantakewa da suka haifar. Ya kasance Darakta na Ilimi har zuwa lokacin da ya yi ritaya a 1939. Charles Fenner shine magajinsa.

Adey ya yi aiki a majalisar Jami'ar Adelaide daga 1929 zuwa 1950 kuma ya jagoranci kwamitin gwamnati na 1939 da ke neman yara masu laifi da unguwanni na jihar. An nada shi Aboki na Order of St Michael da St George (CMG) a 1935.

 Rayuwa ta mutum 
Ya auri Mabel Edith Dyer a ranar 17 ga Disamba 1910; ta mutu a 1915 kuma Adey ya auri malamin Constance Margaret Weston a ranar 7 ga Mayu 1921 a Walkerville . Adey ya mutu a Burnside a 1956 kuma an binne shi a Kabari na Arewa a Nailsworth.Condon, Brian (1979). "Adey, William James (1874–1956)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 9 March 2012.

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