Adam Smith Research Paper

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Adam Smith was born on the 16th day of June 1723 and passed away on the 17th of July 1790. He was born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, United Kingdom and died in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. He was a Christian, and was baptised on 5th of June 1723, which was also know as his birth date. Adam Smith was a British moral philosopher, pioneer of political economy, and key Scottish Enlightenment figure. He attended the Burgh School. It is here that he studied Latin, mathematics, history and writing. Adam then went on to study social philosophy at the University of Glasgow at the young age of 14. He later studied at the Oxford Balliol College in England which is where he was also one of the first students to benefit from scholarships set up by fellow Scot, John Snell. This is where he spent his years teaching, tutoring, and publishing some of the lectures he wrote in the story in …show more content…
Adam Smith (senior) was a Scottish writer to the Signet senior solicitor, advocate, prosecutor and served as the financial controller of the Customs in Kirkcaldy. In 1720 Adam Smith (senior) married Margaret Douglas, a women who was the daughter of the landed Robert Douglas of Strathendry. Adam Smith’s (senior) died two months after Adam Smith (Junior) was born, which left his mother as a widow. On the 5th June 1723 Smith was baptised into the Church of Scotland at Kirkcaldy, and this has often been treated as if it was also his date of birth. Although there were a few events in Smith's early childhood are known. These evens are the Scottish journalist John Rae, who was Smith's biographer. Smith was close to his mother, she encouraged him to pursue his scholarly ambitions. Smith had attended the Burgh School of Kirkcaldy. It was characterised by Rae as "at the time one of the best secondary schools of Scotland”. This was one of the best secondary schools in the years between 1729 to 1737, and he learned Latin, mathematics, history, and

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