Adam Smith
The name Adam Smith is the first name on the monument.
The monument is in Canongate Kirk church burial ground, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland.
There are 222 other graves within this cemetery that are listed within the GPR database.
Adam Smith was buried in 1790. The actual date of death is not currently recorded on the GPR database but it may be on the grave monument photograph.
Adam Smith calculated age is 65.
Adam Smith birth is given as 1725.
Adam Smith is listed on the GPR grave numbered 162801.
Adam Smith is listed as the first name on monument on the grave monument.
Adam Smith has the record number 347623 within the GPR person name database table.
The record was added to the GPR on 14 November 2011
There is one image available for the monument listing Adam Smith (see grave detail page).
The follow note is stored against Adam Smith record:
Political Economist born Kirkcaldy Educated Glasgow and Oxford; lectured Edinburgh 1751 in which year he began his memorable friendship with David Hume; Professor of Logic Glasgow 1751-5; of Moral Philosophy 1758-63; travelled in France 1763-5; at Kirkcaldy 1765-76; in London 1776-8; returned to Edinburgh as Commissioner of Customers 1778; Lord Rector and LL D Glasgow University 1787 Chief Works – The Theory of Moral Sentiments 1759; An Enquiry into the natures and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 1776