Kames, Henry Home, Lord, 1696-1782
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Name (Latin)
Kames, Henry Home, Lord, 1696-1782
Other forms of name
Home, Henry, 1696-1782
Kaims, Henry Home, Lord, 1696-1782
Kames, Lord (Henry Home), 1696-1782
Home of Kames, Henry, Lord, 1696-1782
Kaimes, Henry Home, Lord, 1696-1782
Home, Henry, Lord Kames, 1696-1782
Date of birth
1696
Date of death
1782-12-27
Associated country
Great Britain
Occupation
Judges
Lawyers
Philosophers
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- His Loose hints upon education, 1781.
- MdU/G-K files(usage: Hen. Home; Lord Kaims; Lord Kaimes)
- Principles of equity, 1825:t.p. (Henry Home of Kames)
- LCN
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Wikipedia description:
Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696–27 December 1782) was a Scottish writer, philosopher and judge who played a major role in Scotland's Agricultural Revolution. A central figure of the Scottish Enlightenment, he was a founding member of the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh and active in The Select Society. Home acted as patron to some of the most influential thinkers of the Scottish Enlightenment, including philosopher David Hume, economist Adam Smith, writer James Boswell, philosopher William Cullen and naturalist John Walker.
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