Adam Smith

Born in 1723 in Kirkcaldy, Great Britain. Scottish economist. Son of a customs

inspector, in 1737 at the age of fourteen he entered the University of Glasgow,
where he was a disciple of Francis Hutcheson, professor of moral philosophy.
Graduated in 1740, he won a scholarship at Balliol College, Oxford, where he
acquired a degree in philosophy. In 1748 he taught as an assistant professor of
rhetoric and literature in Edinburgh, and since 1751 in Glasgow as professor of
logic and moral philosophy.
In 1759 Publishes Theory of moral feelings.
In 1763 Resigns to a university position to become tutor of Henry Scott, third Duke
of Buccleuch that accompanies in a trip by Europe. During the trip he met a
Voltaire and some French Physiocrats. In 1766 begins the writing of the Essay on
the wealth of nations. He resides alternately in Kirkcaldy and London. In 1776
Publishes Essay on the wealth of nations, pioneering work of the economy
understood as science. In 1784 his mother died. He begins to suffer serious health
problems. In 1787 He is appointed honorary rector of the University of Glasgow
and in 1790 He died in Edinburgh
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