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Birth
Adam Smith was born June 5, 1723. -
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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
In 1751, Adam was appointed professor of logic at Glasgow university -
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In 1759 he published his Theoryy of moral sentiments -
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At the end of 1763, Adam had obtained a lucrative post as tutor to the young duke of Buccleuch and resigned his professorship. -
home
When Adam returned home to Kirkcaldy he devoted much of the next ten years to his magnum opus, which appeared in 1776. -
Death
Adam Smith died at the age of 67.