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Margaret Douglas
(1694–1784)
BIRTH
1694
PLACE
Unknown
DEATH
May 23, 1784
PLACE
Edinburgh, Scotland (probable)
FAMILY
MOTHER
Adam Smith
(1723-1790)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
CHRISTIAN
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Margaret Douglas Smith was the mother of the economist Adam Smith. Widowed before his birth, she raised him in Kirkcaldy and remained close to him throughout his life.
EARLY LIFE
She was a daughter of Robert Douglas of Strathendry, a Fife landowner.
CAREER
DEATH
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and a modern Princeton biography date her death to 1784, with the latter giving May 23. A University of Glasgow web summary implies 1788, apparently confusing her with Janet Douglas, who died that year.
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