PHILOSOPHER

Adam Ferguson

1723 - 1816

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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 270,234 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Adam Ferguson is the 423rd most popular philosopher (up from 457th in 2019), the 806th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 955th in 2019) and the 24th most popular British Philosopher.

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  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Adam Ferguson ranks 423 out of 1,267. Before him are Bernard of Chartres, Alain de Benoist, Pavel Florensky, Dong Zhongshu, Olympiodorus the Younger, and Dhul-Nun al-Misri. After him are Ge Hong, Adolf von Harnack, Pierre d'Ailly, Bartolus de Saxoferrato, Hunayn ibn Ishaq, and Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1723, Adam Ferguson ranks 7. Before him are Adam Smith, Baron d'Holbach, Frederick V of Denmark, Joshua Reynolds, Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, and Carl Friedrich Abel. After him are Prithvi Narayan Shah, Mathurin Jacques Brisson, Johann Bernhard Basedow, Jean-François Marmontel, Anna Amalia, Abbess of Quedlinburg, and Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm. Among people deceased in 1816, Adam Ferguson ranks 7. Before him are Maria I of Portugal, Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este, Giovanni Paisiello, Francisco de Miranda, Frederick I of Württemberg, and Pierre Augereau. After him are Roger Ducos, Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Gavrila Derzhavin, Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow, Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg, and François-André Vincent.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Adam Ferguson ranks 806 out of 8,785. Before him are Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (1897), William Ewart Gladstone (1809), David Harvey (1935), John Vane (1927), George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (1866), and John Langdon Down (1828). After him are Diana Wynne Jones (1934), Robert Graves (1895), David Cameron (1966), Osborne Reynolds (1842), John Ray (1627), and Tim Roth (1961).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Adam Ferguson ranks 24. Before him are Houston Stewart Chamberlain (1855), A. S. Neill (1883), Francis Hutcheson (1694), John of Salisbury (1110), J. L. Austin (1911), and E. H. Carr (1892). After him are H. L. A. Hart (1907), Antony Flew (1923), Alasdair MacIntyre (1929), A. J. Ayer (1910), Paul Grice (1913), and Roger Scruton (1944).

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