1723 - 1816
Adam Ferguson, (Scottish Gaelic: Adhamh MacFhearghais), also known as Ferguson of Raith (1 July N.S. /20 June O.S. 1723 – 22 February 1816), was a Scottish philosopher and historian of the Scottish Enlightenment. Ferguson was sympathetic to traditional societies, such as the Highlands, for producing courage and loyalty. He criticized commercial society as making men weak, dishonourable and unconcerned for their community. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adam Ferguson has received more than 255,175 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Adam Ferguson is the 457th most popular philosopher (up from 492nd in 2019), the 956th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,034th in 2019) and the 27th most popular British Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Adam Ferguson ranks 457 out of 1,081. Before him are Ibn al-Rawandi, Petrus Ramus, Abul A'la Maududi, Ernst Troeltsch, Phaedo of Elis, and Norberto Bobbio. After him are Willard Van Orman Quine, Nelson Goodman, Pierre Duhem, Dhul-Nun al-Misri, Leo Strauss, and George Pachymeres.
827 - 911
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 451
1515 - 1572
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 452
1903 - 1979
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 453
1865 - 1923
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 454
401 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 455
1909 - 2004
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 456
1723 - 1816
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 457
1908 - 2000
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 458
1906 - 1998
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 459
1861 - 1916
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 460
796 - 859
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 461
1899 - 1973
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 462
1242 - 1310
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 463
Among people born in 1723, Adam Ferguson ranks 7. Before him are Adam Smith, Baron d'Holbach, Frederick V of Denmark, Joshua Reynolds, Carl Friedrich Abel, and Giovanni Antonio Scopoli. After him are Anna Amalia, Abbess of Quedlinburg, Johann Bernhard Basedow, Jean-François Marmontel, Prithvi Narayan Shah, Nicole-Reine Lepaute, and Tobias Mayer. Among people deceased in 1816, Adam Ferguson ranks 7. Before him are Maria I of Portugal, Giovanni Paisiello, Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este, Pierre Augereau, Francisco de Miranda, and Frederick I of Württemberg. After him are Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Gavrila Derzhavin, Roger Ducos, Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg, Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, and Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow.
1723 - 1790
HPI: 91.46
Rank: 1
1723 - 1789
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 2
1723 - 1766
HPI: 68.63
Rank: 3
1723 - 1792
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 4
1723 - 1787
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 5
1723 - 1788
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 6
1723 - 1816
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 7
1723 - 1787
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 8
1723 - 1790
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 9
1723 - 1799
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 10
1723 - 1775
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 11
1723 - 1788
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 12
1723 - 1762
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 13
1734 - 1816
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 1
1740 - 1816
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 2
1787 - 1816
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 3
1757 - 1816
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 4
1750 - 1816
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 5
1754 - 1816
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 6
1723 - 1816
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 7
1741 - 1816
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 8
1743 - 1816
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 9
1747 - 1816
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 10
1768 - 1816
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 11
1757 - 1816
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 12
1755 - 1816
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 13
Among people born in United Kingdom, Adam Ferguson ranks 956 out of 7,765. Before him are John Hawkwood (1320), Michael Palin (1943), Ian McDiarmid (1944), Ron Dennis (1947), Michael Smith (1932), and William Bligh (1754). After him are E. E. Evans-Pritchard (1902), Keith Emerson (1944), Duncan Edwards (1936), Reginald Pole (1500), Princess Muna al-Hussein (1941), and Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans (1869).
1320 - 1394
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 950
1943 - Present
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 951
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 952
1947 - Present
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 953
1932 - 2000
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 954
1754 - 1817
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 955
1723 - 1816
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 956
1902 - 1973
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 957
1944 - 2016
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 958
1936 - 1958
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 959
1500 - 1558
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 960
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 961
1869 - 1926
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 962
Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Adam Ferguson ranks 27. Before him are J. L. Austin (1911), H. L. A. Hart (1907), John of Salisbury (1110), Francis Hutcheson (1694), Paul Grice (1913), and Alan Watts (1915). After him are Roger Scruton (1944), Alasdair MacIntyre (1929), A. J. Ayer (1910), Harriet Taylor Mill (1807), Antony Flew (1923), and Thomas Reid (1710).
1911 - 1960
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 21
1907 - 1992
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 22
1110 - 1180
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 23
1694 - 1746
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 24
1913 - 1988
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 25
1915 - 1973
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 26
1723 - 1816
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 27
1944 - 2020
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 28
1929 - Present
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 29
1910 - 1989
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 30
1807 - 1858
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 31
1923 - 2010
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 32
1710 - 1796
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 33