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Adam Smith
Adam Smith, paste medallion by James Tassie, 1787; in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh.
Adam Smith received his elementary education at a two-room "burgh" school located in Kirkcaldy, Scotland. Following his time there, he entered the University of Glasgow at the age of 14 in 1737.12