Adam Smith

Adam Smith

male, deceased (1790)
The Wealth of Nations, free markets, economics, Classical economist, Economist, philosopher…Enlightenment philosopher, Scottish, ScottishEnlightenment
Adam Smith FRSE (baptised June 5 1723 O.S. / June 16 N.S. - July 17, 1790) was a Scottish moral philosopher and a pioneering political economist....
David Hume

David Hume

male, deceased (1776)
philosopher, historian, Skepticism, Scottish, The History of England, Essayist…ScottishEnlightenment, Enlightenment philosopher
David Hume (April 26, 1711 - August 25, 1776) was a Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian. He is considered one of the most important...
John Locke

John Locke

male, deceased (1704)
English, philosopher, political philosophy, Social Contract, rousseau, Tabula Rasa…enlightenment, Enlightenment philosopher, ScottishEnlightenment, the age of enlightenment
John Locke was an English philosopher. Locke is considered the first of the British Empiricists, but is equally important to social contract...
Adam Ferguson

Adam Ferguson

male, deceased (1816)
Old Style, Essayist, historian, Scottish, Scottish clergy, philosopher…ScottishEnlightenment
Adam Ferguson, also known as Ferguson of Raith (June 20, 1723 (O.S.) - February 22, 1816) was a philosopher and historian of the Scottish...
Francis Hutcheson

Francis Hutcheson

male, deceased (1746)
Presbyterian, Scottish, philosopher, Enlightenment philosopher, Theologian, ScottishEnlightenment
Francis Hutcheson (August 8, 1694 - August 8, 1746) was a philosopher born in Northern Ireland to a family of Scottish Presbyterians who became one...
Thomas Reid

Thomas Reid

male, deceased (1796)
'Wise Club', Naïve realism, inquiry, realism, common sense, philosopher…Scottish, Scottish School of Common Sense, Enlightenment philosopher, ScottishEnlightenment
Thomas Reid (April 26, 1710 - October 7, 1796), Scottish philosopher, and a contemporary of David Hume, was the founder of the Scottish School of...
Dugald Stewart

Dugald Stewart

male, deceased (1828)
ScottishEnlightenment, Enlightenment philosopher, Scottish, university of edinburgh, philosopher, mathematics
Dugald Stewart (November 22, 1753 - June 11, 1828), Scottish philosopher, was born in Edinburgh. His father, Matthew Stewart (1715 - 1785), was...
William Robertson

William Robertson

male, deceased (1793)
Principal of the University of Edinburgh, buried at Greyfriars Kirkyard, jacobite, buried in Greyfriars Kirkyard, historian, church of scotland…Scottish clergy, The Enlightenment, Scottish, ScottishEnlightenment
William Robertson was a Scottish historian and Principal of the University of Edinburgh. ("The thirty years during which (he) presided over the...
James Hutton

James Hutton

male, deceased (1797)
buried at Greyfriars Kirkyard, Old Style, New Style, Plutonism, Plutonist School, buried in Greyfriars Kirkyard…Scottish, ScottishEnlightenment
James Hutton (3 June 1726 O.S. (14 June 1726 N.S.), Edinburgh, Scotland - 26 March 1797) was a Scottish geologist, noted for formulating...
John Millar

John Millar

male, deceased (1801)
professor, ScottishEnlightenment, historian, civil law, Scottish, philosopher
John Millar of Glasgow (June 22, 1735 - May 30, 1801) was a Scottish philosopher and historian. John Millar studied at Glasgow, where he became one...