André Clément Henri Adam ( 30 July, 1911 Saint-Lô - 2 July, 1991 Veulettes-sur-Mer) was a French colonial researcher and professor specialized in the social sciences, letters, Arabic, and North Africa.[1] Education He studied literature at l’École normale supérieure (1933), earned a diploma from l’École libre des sciences politiques (1935), and earned an Agrégation de Lettres (1936).[1] He also held a certification in Standard Arabic from L’Institut des hautes-études marocaines (1942), and a in letters and human sciences from Paris-Sorbonne University with high honors (1968).[1] Career He was appointed to work for the ministry of "" of the French Protectorate in Morocco (1943-1945) and was made an honorary reserve captain.[1] He served in various civil roles as a professor agrégé in Rabat 1937, Fes 1941, and at L’Institut des hautes études marocaines in Rabat (1946-1949).[1] He served as the director of L’École marocaine d’administration 1955-1960, also in Rabat.[1] He taught as a professor of sociology at the Faculty of Letters at Aix-Marseille University until 1970.[1] He was named professor emeritus at Paris Descartes University (1980).[1]