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      • Adam Smith received his elementary education at a two-room “burgh” school in Kirkcaldy,, before entering Glasgow College at age 14 in 1737. Graduating in 1740, Smith won a scholarship (the Snell Exhibition) to study at Balliol College,, which he attended for six years.
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  2. Oct 26, 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.

  3. 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...

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    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]

  5. Jul 7, 2023 · His time in Oxford would teach him much — though it would by no means enhance the reputation of Oxford in general and Balliol College in particular. At school in Kirkcaldy, Smith’s passion for books and learning, along with his extraordinary memory, became apparent.

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  6. Jul 7, 2022 · 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 greatly influenced by the great moral philosopher Francis Hutcheson — libertarian, rationalist, utilitarian, plain speaker and thorn in the side of authority.

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  7. Adam Smith's exact date of birth is unknown, but he was baptised on 5 June 1723. His father, a customs officer in Kirkcaldy, died before he was born. He studied at Glasgow and Oxford...

  8. In 1737, at the age of fourteen, Adam Smith left Kirkcaldy to attend the University of Glasgow. Already proficient in Latin and Greek, he entered straight into the third-year classes.