Henry Home, Lord Kames
Philosopher, Author
1696 – 1782
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Who was Henry Home, Lord Kames?
Henry Home, Lord Kames was a Scottish advocate, judge, philosopher, writer and agricultural improver. A central figure of the Scottish Enlightenment, a founder member of the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh, and active in the Select Society, his protégés included James Boswell, David Hume and Adam Smith.
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- Born
- 1696
- Also known as
- Henry Kames
- Henry Home
- Ethnicity
- Scottish people
- Profession
- Died
- Dec 27, 1782
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on July 23, 2013
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