Please answer the following question: Facts: - resting place: pollokshields - caption: portrait by norman macbeth , 1846 . - fields: entomology , carcinology - death date: 30 december 1878 - workplaces: british museum - birth date: 29 april 1817 - name: adam white - nationality: scottish - image: portrait of adam white.jpg - birth place: edinburgh Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of adam white -lrb- zoologist -rrb- .
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adam white -lrb- 29 april 1817 -- 30 december 1878 -rrb- was a scottish zoologist .