Smith, Adam
Smith, Adam ( 1723 – 90 ),born at Kirkcaldy. He studied at Glasgow University and as a Snell exhibitioner at Balliol College, Oxford. In 1748 he was appointed to lecture in rhetoric and belles-lettres in Edinburgh where he was associated with the publication of Hamilton of Bangour's Poems. He was appointed professor of logic at Glasgow in 1751 , and in 1752 professor of moral philosophy. He became the friend of Hume . His contributions to the original Edinburgh Review ( 1755 – 6 ) included a critical review of Johnson 's Dictionary. In 1759 he published The Theory of Moral Sentiments , which brought him into prominence. In 1764 he resigned his professorship and accompanied the young duke of Buccleuch as tutor on a visit to France, where he saw Voltaire and was admitted into the society of the physiocrats . After his return he settled down at Kirkcaldy and...
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