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Parent topics
- Scotland [r]: A country that forms the northernmost part of the United Kingdom; population about 5,200,000. [e]
Subtopics
- Poker Club [r]: One of several clubs in Edinburgh that were the focus of intellectual exchange during the Scottish Enlightenment [e]
Philosophers
- David Hume [r]: (1711—1776) Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian. [e]
- Thomas Reid [r]: Scottish philosopher (1710-1796), one of the leading figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, best known as the founder of the "school of common sense". [e]
- James Beattie [r]: (1753-1803) Scottish philosopher and poet. [e]
- Adam Ferguson [r]: (1723-1816) philosopher and historian of the Scottish Enlightenment, sometimes called the "father of sociology." [e]
Figures in the Scottish Enlightement
- Frances Hutcheson [r]: (1694-1746) Moral philosopher, prominent in the Scottish Enlightenment, known for his theory of aesthetics (that beauty is not a property of the object, but arises from an innate "aesthetic sense"). [e]
- John Clerk [r]: (1728 – 1812), expert in naval tactics, devised strategy used by Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar [e]
- John Playfair [r]: (1748-1819) Scottish mathematician, best known for his explanation and promotion of the work of James Hutton [e]
- John Gregory [r]: (1724–1773) Scottish physician who made major contributions to the field of medical ethics. [e]
- Adam Smith [r]: Scottish moral philosopher and political economist (1723-1790), a major contributor to the modern perception of free market economics; author of Wealth of Nations (1776). [e]
- James Hutton [r]: (1726–1797) Scottish farmer and naturalist, who is known as the founder of modern geology. [e]
- Allan Ramsay [r]: (1713–1784) Scottish portrait-painter of the "Rococo Era". [e]
- William Cullen [r]: (1710-1790) The leading British physician of the 18th century. [e]
- Robert Fergusson [r]: (1750 - 1774) Scottish poet whose verse inspired Robert Burns. [e]
- Robert Burns [r]: The National poet of Scotland (1759-96); writer of Auld Lang Syne. [e]
- James Watt [r]: Scottish engineer and inventor (1736-1819), best known for major innovations in re the steam engine; the watt (unit of power) is named after him. [e]
- Joseph Black [r]: (1728 – 1799) Scottish physicist and chemist, known for his discoveries of latent heat, specific heat, and carbon dioxide [e]
- Allan Ramsay (1686-1758) [r]: Poet; his pastoral collection "The Gentle Shepherd" formed the basis of John Gay's "The Beggar's Opera." [e]
- James Lind [r]: (1716–1794) Scottish physician and pioneer of naval hygiene, whose recommendation that fresh citrus fruit and lemon juice be added to the diet of sailors saw scurvy eliminated from the British Navy. [e]
- Andrew Bell [r]: (1726-1809) Scottish engraver who co-founded the Encyclopaedia Britannica [e]
- James Boswell [r]: (1740 - 1795) Scottish author, best known as Samuel Johnson’s biographer, and for the detailed and frank diaries that he kept for much of his life. [e]
- William Robertson [r]: (1721-1793) Historian, most notable for his 'History of Scotland' [e]
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