Adam Ferguson

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Scottish Enlightenment figure historian human philosopher

Adam Ferguson was an 18th-century Scottish philosopher and historian, often regarded as a key figure of the Scottish Enlightenment and an early theorist of civil society.

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instanceOf Scottish Enlightenment figure ⓘ
historian ⓘ
human ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1723-07-20 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1816-02-22 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Edinburgh ⓘ
University of Groningen ⓘ
University of St Andrews ⓘ
employer University of Edinburgh ⓘ
ethnicGroup Scottish ⓘ
familyName Ferguson ⓘ
fieldOfWork history ⓘ
moral philosophy ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
sociology ⓘ
givenName Adam ⓘ
influenced Friedrich Hayek ⓘ
Karl Marx ⓘ
Scottish sociological thought ⓘ
influencedBy Adam Smith ⓘ
David Hume ⓘ
Francis Hutcheson ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
memberOf Poker Club ⓘ
Select Society ⓘ
militaryService chaplain to the Black Watch regiment ⓘ
movement Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ
notableIdea conception of social progress through conflict ⓘ
theory of civil society ⓘ
notableStudent Sir Walter Scott ⓘ
surface form: Walter Scott
notableWork An Essay on the History of Civil Society ⓘ
Institutes of Moral Philosophy ⓘ
Principles of Moral and Political Science ⓘ
occupation clergyman ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
participantIn Seven Years' War ⓘ
placeOfBirth Logierait ⓘ
Perthshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Fife ⓘ
St Andrews ⓘ
positionHeld Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh ⓘ
Professor of Pneumatics and Moral Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh ⓘ
religion Church of Scotland ⓘ
residence Edinburgh ⓘ
St Andrews ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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