| Authorised form of name | Smith; Adam (1723 - 1790) |
| Dates | 1723 - 1790 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland |
| Date of birth | 05 June 1723 |
| Place of death | Edinburgh |
| Date of death | 17 July 1790 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Canongate churchyard, Edinburgh |
| Research field | Economic theory |
| Activity | Education:
LLD
Career:
Professor of Moral Philosophy, Glasgow University
|
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 21/05/1767 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Bernard Bailyn, '1776: The British Dimension' in NR 1976-7 vol 31 pp 179-199
John Thomas, 'Josiah Wedgwood's Portrait Medallions of Fellows of the Royal Society' in NR 1963 vol 18 pp 45-53, plate
P Fontes da Costa, 'The Culture of Curiosity at The Royal Society in the first half of the eighteenth century', NR 2002 vo l56 pp 147-166
W P Griffith and P J T Morris, 'Charles Hatchett FRS (1765 - 1847), chemist and discoverer of niobium' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 299 - 316
Notes:
At foot of Citation: 'Pd £80: [...] Dr Morton' |
| Code | NA596 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1767/12 | Smith, Adam: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| M/256 | Smith, Adam | 1787 |
| NLB/13/753 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Henry Higgs, Savile Club, 107 Piccadilly, W. | 19 November 1896 |
| S/0066 | Cameo of Smith, Adam | 1787 |
| NLB/52/859 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Ellis Thomas Powell Esquire; the Financial News, 111 Queen Victoria Street, E.C. | 3 March 1916 |