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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    Sir Alexander Chapman Ferguson CBE (born 31 December 1941) is a Scottish former football manager and player, best known for managing Manchester United...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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    architecture. Among his friends at Edinburgh were the philosophers Adam Ferguson and David Hume and the artist Paul Sandby whom he met in the Highlands...
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    physician, and was friends with Joseph Black, Henry Home, Adam Ferguson, John Millar, and Adam Smith, among others. He was president of the Royal College...
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    be a standard by which governments should be judged. Wills suggests Adam Ferguson as a good guide to what Jefferson had in mind: "If, in reality, courage...
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    Sir Niall Campbell Ferguson, HonFRSE (/niːl/ NEEL; born 18 April 1964) is a British-American historian who is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover...
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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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  • Abbie Park Ferguson (1837–1919), American educator, founder of Huguenot College Adair Ferguson (born 1955), Australian rower Adam Ferguson (disambiguation)...
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  • Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson is an American late-night talk show hosted by Scottish actor and comedian Craig Ferguson. This was the third iteration...
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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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  • 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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