Adam Ferguson, FRSE (Scottish Gaelic: Adhamh MacFhearghais), also known as Ferguson of Raith (1 July N.S. /20 June O.S. 1723 – 22 February 1816), was...
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Adam Ferguson (1723–1816), Scottish philosopher and historian, "the father of modern sociology". Adam Ferguson may also refer to: Sir Adam Ferguson (British...
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Sir Adam Ferguson (1770–1854) was deputy keeper of the regalia in Scotland. Ferguson was born on 21 December 1770, the first son of Professor Adam Ferguson...
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Adam Ferguson (born 1978[citation needed]) is an Australian freelance photographer who lives in New York City. His commissioned work has appeared in New...
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William Cleghorn (section Cleghorn and Adam Ferguson)
a friend, and probably also teacher, of Adam Ferguson. It is thought that one of the characters in Ferguson's philosophical work Dialogue on a Highland...
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by Scottish Enlightenment philosopher Adam Ferguson, first published in 1767. The Essay established Ferguson's reputation in Britain and throughout Europe...
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school and university Scott had become a friend of Adam Ferguson, whose father Professor Adam Ferguson hosted literary salons. Scott met the blind poet...
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Sir Alexander Chapman Ferguson (born 31 December 1941) is a Scottish former football manager and player, best known for managing Manchester United from...
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Enlightenment "was a small and cohesive group of friends – David Hume, Adam Smith, Adam Ferguson, and others – who knew one another intimately and talked to one...
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Burns, William Cullen, Adam Ferguson, David Hume, Francis Hutcheson, James Hutton, Lord Monboddo, John Playfair, Thomas Reid, Adam Smith, and Dugald Stewart...
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Christian band.[citation needed] In 2006 they added guitarist/vocalist Adam Ferguson to their lineup. They followed with a full-length album, entitled On...
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economist Adam Smith, historian William Robertson, philosophers David Hume and Dugald Stewart, physician William Cullen, and early sociologist Adam Ferguson, many...
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Adam Bartley is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Sheriff's Deputy Archie "the Ferg" Ferguson on the television series Longmire. Bartley...
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stage actor Adam Ferguson (1723–1816), Scottish philosopher and historian Adam Ferguson (1770–1854), British Army Officer Adam Ferguson (born 1978),...
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Justice Sir Adam Ferguson (1770–1854), soldier son of Adam Ferguson (CP) James Ferguson, Lord Pitfour (1700–1777) Admiral John Macpherson Ferguson (1784–1855)...
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Division of labour (section Adam Smith)
New York, NY: J. & H. G. Langley. p. 460. Hill, Lisa (2004). "Adam Smith, Adam Ferguson and the Division of Labor" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF)...
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closely related theory. Besides Adam Smith, prominent Scottish authors in the field of conjectural history included Adam Ferguson, David Hume, Lord Kames, John...
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Craig Ferguson (born 17 May 1962) is a Scottish-American actor, comedian, writer and television host. He is best known for hosting the CBS late-night talk...
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that originated in the ideas of Scottish philosophers Thomas Reid, Adam Ferguson, James Beattie, and Dugald Stewart during the 18th-century Scottish...
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JSTOR 27744789. Ferguson, Adam. An Essay on the History of Civil Society. (1767). Hamowy, Ronald (1969). The Social and Political Philosophy of Adam Ferguson – A...
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King's Head Theatre, directed by Phil Willmott. Ferguson starred in Mile High as Emma Coyle, alongside Adam Sinclair, James W. Redmond, Jo Anne Knowles,...
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Cat Ferguson (born 27 April 2006) is a British racing cyclist, competing across road, cyclo-cross and track racing disciplines. She is a four-time World...
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Edinburgh on 15 August 1784 the son of Adam Ferguson and his wife, Catherine Burnett. His elder brother was Sir Adam Ferguson] The family moved to South Castle...
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Sanderson 1626–63 – Alexander Ferries (Ferguson) M.A. 1669–99 – William Robertson M.A. 1700–14 – Adam Ferguson M.A. 1715–48 – John McInnes M.A. 1784–88...
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conditions of his tenants. He was a lifelong friend of the philosopher Adam Ferguson and the minister Alexander Carlyle. George Dempster was born in 1732...
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expressed historically in works by authors including James Burnett, Adam Ferguson, John Millar and William Robertson, all of whom merged a scientific...
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international commerce, and enlightened self-interest. Scottish theorist Adam Ferguson (1723–1816) defined human progress as the working out of a divine plan...
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Classical liberalism (section Adam Smith)
British philosophers Bernard Mandeville, David Hume, Edmund Burke, Adam Smith, Adam Ferguson, Josiah Tucker and William Paley held beliefs in empiricism, the...
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marquis de Mirabeau, and the first use in English is attributed to Adam Ferguson, who in his 1767 Essay on the History of Civil Society wrote, "Not only...
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in the nineteenth [century]". In 1767, the sociologist and historian Adam Ferguson within the context of Scottish Enlightenment described society as the...
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