Adam Smith

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Enlightenment thinker author economist human philosopher

Adam Smith was an 18th-century Scottish economist and philosopher best known as the author of "The Wealth of Nations" and a foundational figure in classical economics.

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instanceOf	Enlightenment thinker ⓘ author ⓘ economist ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ
birthDate	1723-06-05 ⓘ
birthPlace	Kirkcaldy ⓘ surface form: Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
citizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
deathDate	1790-07-17 ⓘ
deathPlace	Edinburgh ⓘ surface form: Edinburgh, Scotland
educatedAt	Balliol College, Oxford ⓘ University of Glasgow ⓘ
employer	University of Glasgow ⓘ
era	18th century ⓘ
familyName	Smith ⓘ
fieldOfWork	economics ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ political economy ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Adam ⓘ
hasPhilosophicalSchool	classical liberalism ⓘ
influenced	David Ricardo ⓘ Friedrich Hayek ⓘ John Stuart Mill ⓘ Karl Marx ⓘ Milton Friedman ⓘ Thomas Malthus ⓘ surface form: Thomas Robert Malthus
influencedBy	David Hume ⓘ Francis Hutcheson ⓘ Isaac Newton ⓘ
knownFor	analysis of division of labor ⓘ concept of the invisible hand ⓘ foundational contributions to classical economics ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
movement	Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ classical economics ⓘ
name	Adam Smith self-link ⓘ
nationality	Scottish ⓘ
notableWork	The Wealth of Nations ⓘ surface form: An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations The Theory of Moral Sentiments ⓘ
occupation	civil servant ⓘ lecturer ⓘ professor ⓘ
placeOfBurial	Canongate Kirkyard, Edinburgh ⓘ
positionHeld	Commissioner of Customs in Scotland ⓘ Professor of Logic at the University of Glasgow ⓘ Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Glasgow ⓘ
publicationDateOfWork	1759 ⓘ 1776 ⓘ
religion	Presbyterianism ⓘ

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