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...e political economist and author of "The Wealth of Nations", [[Adam Smith (1723-1790)]]. He was educated at the [[University of Edinburgh]] and [[New College]], ...presented to the Library of New College, Edinburgh about one-third of Adam Smith's personal library. This included a first edition of "An Inquiry into the P

...[[David Hume (1711-1776)]], [[Adam Ferguson (1723-1816)]], and Adam Smith (1723-1790). Blair championed the publishing of the Ossian fragments by James Macphers

...his widow in 1880. They include 32 items from the library of [[Adam Smith (1723-1790)]], which were later joined in the [[Main Library]] by others gifted to [[N

[[Adam Ferguson (1723-1816)]], 1764-1785 Adam Smith

...people under his Principalship included [[Dugald Stewart (1753-1828)]], [[Adam Ferguson (1723-1816)]], [[John Playfair (1748-1819)]], [[Andrew Dalzel (174 ...e Poker Club (1762-1784), established by Allan Ramsay which also had Hume, Smith, Kames, Home, Blair, and Carlyle as members. Robertson presented several pa

...-89), Benjamin Rush (1745-1813), Thomas Parke, Wiliam Shippen (1736-1808), Adam Kuhn (1741-1817), and Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). ...m was another new appointment in Glasgow, an economist named [[Adam Smith (1723-1790)]]. Another in Glasgow was one [[David Hume (1711-1776)]]. In 1773 Dr Culle