Smith, Adam(1723 s moral philosophy, see James Bonar, Moral Sense (London: Allen and Unwin, 1930), Chs. X and...

Although Adam Smith (1723–1790) was not the originator of many of the ideas that became modern economics, his synthesizing treatise, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776), was so influential that he is generally...

Adam Smith was born in Kirkcaldy, on the east coast of Scotland, in 1723. After attending the Burgh School, Smith proceeded to Glasgow University (1737–40) where he studied under Francis Hutcheson. Thereafter he took up a Snell Exhibition in...

Scottish economist and philosopher who was the founder and leader of the classical school of economics. He was born in Kirkcaldy, a Fife town to the north of Edinburgh, the only son of a Customs Commissioner who died before his birth, leaving his...

Smith, Adam [addendum] Adam Smith's claim on the history of aesthetics lies in his essay, "Of the Nature of that Imitation which takes place in what are called the Imitative Arts," arguably the most logically acute and penetrating...

(baptized June 5, 1723, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scot.—died July 17, 1790, Edinburgh) Scottish social philosopher and political economist. The son of a customs official, he studied at the Universities of Glasgow and Oxford. A series of public lectures in...

. 1723–90. Moral philosopher and economist, who was born at Kirkcaldy and worked mainly in Scotland, including Glasgow University. Though primarily known for his economic theory based on an individualistic system of free enterprise, he also...

For other persons named Adam Smith, see Adam Smith (disambiguation). Adam Smith (baptised June 5 (OS) / June 16 (NS) 1723 – July 17, 1790) was a Scottish moral philosopher and a pioneering political economist. One of the key figures of the...