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- Smith studied social philosophy at the University of Glasgow and at Balliol College, Oxford, where he was one of the first students to benefit from scholarships set up by fellow Scot John Snell.
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Jul 13, 2024 · Adam Smith received his elementary education at a two-room “burgh” school in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, before entering Glasgow College at age 14 in 1737. Graduating in 1740, Smith won a scholarship (the Snell Exhibition) to study at Balliol College, Oxford , which he attended for six years.
In 1740, he was the graduate scholar presented to undertake postgraduate studies at Balliol College, Oxford, under the Snell Exhibition. [15] Smith considered the teaching at Glasgow to be far superior to that at Oxford, which he found intellectually stifling. [16]
Jul 7, 2022 · Today marks the day in 1740 when the 17-year-old Adam Smith set off from his family home in Kirkcaldy to take up a scholarship at Balliol College, Oxford. He had always been a gifted student, in school and then at Glasgow University, which he entered at the age of 14, and where he was gre
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He studied at Glasgow and Oxford Universities. He returned to Kircaldy in 1746 and two years later he was asked to give a series of public lectures in Edinburgh, which established his reputation....
Aug 9, 2023 · He attended the Burgh School, where he studied Latin, mathematics, history and writing. Smith entered the University of Glasgow when he was 14 and in 1740 went to Oxford. Economics 'Wealth of...
Dec 1, 2023 · Smith's father, also called Adam, worked as a customs official while his mother, Margaret Douglas, did not need to work thanks to a significant land inheritance. Smith studied literature at both the University of Glasgow and, thanks to winning a scholarship, at Balliol College, Oxford, from 1740.
After graduating at the age of 14 from one of Scotland’s top secondary schools, Smith entered the University of Glasgow and studied under the influential philosopher Francis Hutcheson.
