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David Hume
Scottish philosopher David Hume, oil on canvas by Allan Ramsay, 1766; in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh.
David Hume was born on May 7, 1711 (April 26, Old Style), in Edinburgh, Scotland.1