Edinburgh
Scotland
Heart of the Scottish Enlightenment. Home to Adam Smith, David Hume, and a remarkable concentration of thinkers who helped invent modern economics, philosophy, and social science.
The atlas connects 3 figures with Edinburgh. The earliest born is Adam Smith (1723); the last to die is Alexander Graham Bell (1922).
By era
- Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment (~1600-1800): 1 figure
- Industrial & Victorian Age (~1800-1910): 2 figures
Associated figures, by birth year
- Adam Smith (1723-1790), Father of Modern Economics
- Charles Darwin (1809-1882), The Father of Evolution
- Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), The Inventor of the Telephone
Cities that share figures with Edinburgh
Other cities in the atlas tied to at least one of the same people, most shared first.
- London (2 shared figures: Adam Smith, Charles Darwin)
- Geneva (1 shared figure: Adam Smith)
- New York City (1 shared figure: Alexander Graham Bell)
- Washington, D.C. (1 shared figure: Alexander Graham Bell)
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