Daily Archive: 16/10/2022

He was baptized 16 June [O.S. 5 June] 1723 Died 17 July 1790) was a prominent Scottish economist and philosopher who was a pioneer of political economy and key figure during the Scottish Enlightenment. Also known as “The Father of Economics or “The Father of Capitalism”, he wrote two classic works, The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759) and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776). The latter,is often...

The Anglo-Norman family of Bruce, which had come to live in Scotland inthe early 12th century, was related by marriage to the Scottish royal family,so the sixth Robert de Bruce (died 1295), grandfather of the future king, he was one of a number of people who laid claim to the throne of Scotland when it was left vacant in 1290. The...