Who is Adam smith?
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Adam smith is a Scottish philosopher, political scientist, journalist, educator, scholar and economist.
While his exact date of birth isn’t known, Smith’s baptism was recorded on June 5, 1723, in Kirkcaldy, Scotland. He attended the Edinburgh school, were he studied Latin, mathematics, history, and writing. Smith entered the University of Glasgow when he was 14 and in 1740 went to Oxford.
In 1748, Adam Smith began giving a series of public lectures at the University of Edinburgh.
Through these lectures, in 1750 he met and became lifelong friend with Scottish philosopher and economist David Hume. This relationship let to Smith’s appointment to the Glasgow University in 1751.
In 1787, Smith was names rector of the University of Glasgow, and died in 1790 at the age of 67.
