Adam Smith was born in Kircaldy, scotland in 1723 to the posthumous son af Adam Smith and his wife Margaret Douglas. This father was former Private Secretary to the Principal Secretary of State for Scotland and controller of the Costoms at Kircaldy.

Adam Smith was kidnapped in 1726 by tinkers but he had a lucky break because his uncle recovered him. when he was 14 years old he entered Glaswog University, there he studied moral philosophy under Professor Francis Hutcheson.

In 1740 Adam entered Balliol College, Oxford as Snell Exhibitioner. Six years later he left Oxford and returned to Kirkcaldy. Then he was invited to lecture on belle-letters and jurisprudence in Edinburgh under Lord Kames. During this year he also met David Hurme, who became a close friend.

3 years later Adam Smith was elected Professor of Logic at Glasgow University. Soon he was transfered to the Chair of Logio at Glasgow University. When he was 36 years old he published his teory of Moral Sentiments; Then he left Glasgow to become tutor to the young Duke of Buccleuch on the Grand Tour of Europe, where he met Voltaire, Franklin, Quesnay and other prominent intllectuals.

in 1766 Adam Smith returned form the Gran Tour, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and began work on the Wealth of Nations. 10 years later Adam Smith moved to London and met Enlightenment figueres such as Reynolds, Garrick and Johnson and also this year he published the Wealth of Nations. After that, Adam Smith was appointed Commissioner of Customs for Scotland and moved back to Edinburg to live with his mother.

At last Smith became a founding member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Finally Adam Smith died after a painful illnes and was buried in the Canongate cementery in Edinburgh's Royal Mile.