Economist Adam Smith

Adam Smith

Living place: Scotland

Birthday: 5-6-1723

Global rank: #21060

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Who is Economist Adam Smith?
Economist and key figure of the Scottish Enlightenment and considered the father of capitalism. His 1776 work, The Wealth of Nations, helped influence modern economics and provided the world's first collected description of what builds a nation's wealth.
He met Benjamin Franklin while he was living in Paris and was very influenced by his point of view.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He was critical of the incarcerated nature of Oxford, where he was one of the first students to gain a scholarship.

Family life info

His parents were Margaret Douglas and Adam Smith Sr.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Economist Adam Smith?
Margaret Thatcher carried his book, The Wealth of Nations, in her purse.

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When was Economist Adam Smith born?
Adam Smith was born in 5-6-1723, death year is , at the age of 301.
Where is Economist Adam Smith's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Adam Smith was born in . is a Economist, whose Zodiac is Gemini, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Cat. Adam Smith's global rank is 21060 and whose rank is 1 in list of famous Economist.
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Events in 1723 and 5-6

Birthday Adam Smith (5-6) in history

  • Day 5-6 year 1783: Inventors Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier first flew in a hot air balloon they invented successfully.
  • Day 5-6 year 1884: Civil War hero Gen. William T. Sherman refused the Republican nomination for president with the words, “I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected.”
  • Day 5-6 year 1933: The United States went off the gold standard.
  • Day 5-6 year 1947: Sen. George Marshall proposed a plan (Marshall Plan) to help Europe recover financially from the effects of World War II.
  • Day 5-6 year 1967: The Arab-Israeli Six-Day War began.
  • Day 5-6 year 1968: Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was shot by an assassin and died the next day.
  • Day 5-6 year 1981: The Centers for Disease Control published the first report about the disease that would later become known as AIDS.
  • Day 5-6 year 2002: Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped from her Salt Lake City home.
  • Day 5-6 year 2004: Former president Ronald Reagan died.
  • Day 5-6 year 2013: The British newspaper the Guardian published the first of many stories based on leaks by Edward Snowden about the top-secret surveillance activities of the National Security Agency.
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