The Wealth of Nations_ Books 4-5 - Adam Smith
THE WEALTH OF NATIONS
ADAM SMITH was born at Kirkcaldy, on the east coast of Scotland, in 1723. He was educated at his local school, then Glasgow University (1737–40), where he studied under Francis Hutcheson, and Balliol College, Oxford (1740–46). Two years after his return to Scotland, Smith moved to Edinburgh, where he delivered lectures on Rhetoric which did much to establish his early reputation. In 1751 he was appointed Professor of Logic at Glasgow, but was translated to Hutcheson’s old ...