Adam smith

Adam Smith's life Gary King

  • Birth

    Birth
    Adam Smith was born June 5, 1723.
  • age 13

    age 13
    At the age of thirteen he was sent to Glasgow College after which he attended Baliol College at Oxford University.
  • Lecture

    Adam Smith began giving a series of public lectures at the University of Edinburgh.
  • Proffessor

    Proffessor
    In 1751, Adam was appointed professor of logic at Glasgow university
  • adam

    In 1759 he published his Theoryy of moral sentiments
  • 1

    1
    At the end of 1763, Adam had obtained a lucrative post as tutor to the young duke of Buccleuch and resigned his professorship.
  • home

    home
    When Adam returned home to Kirkcaldy he devoted much of the next ten years to his magnum opus, which appeared in 1776.
  • Death

    Death
    Adam Smith died at the age of 67.