Adam Smith

1. Adam Smith

2.

Adam Smith was born on June 5
1723 in the town of Kirkcaldy in Scotland.
In 1778, Adam Smith was appointed one of Scotland's
five customs commissioners in Edinburgh,from that
moment on, he lived with his mother at Panmoor House in
Edinburgh's Canongate (1778-1790).

3.

Adam Smith Sr. was the father of Adam Smith. He was the last child
in a poor family from Aberdeen, made a career as a lawyer and
customs official.

4. Margaret Smith

Adam Smith's mother was
Margaret Smith.
the daughter of a large landowner.
She married Smith's father in 1720.

5.

It is likely that Adam
Smith was an only child.
After all, no records of his
brothers and sisters have
been found anywhere.

6.

According to biographers,
Adam Smith was not married
and did not leave children.

7.

The mother devoted all her
time to her son and had
influence over him, and was
always the closest person to
Smith. She gave Adam a good
upbringing.

8.

There are also words that with the death of his mother
in the last years of his life, Adam Smith lost the desire
to live, “the best was left behind”, and honor did not
replace the departed friends.

9.

Some of Adam Smith's works: "The
Theory of Moral Sentiments". In
this work, Smith explores the
foundations of human morality.

10.

"The Wealth of Nations" is the
first systematic exposition of
the foundations of economic
science.

11.

Smith died of a
long-standing
bowel disease at
the age of 67,
without a family
or children. His
last words are
believed to have
been: "I could
have done better."

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