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  • James Hutton - The Man
    • Biography
      • Early Years
      • Thoughts of Settling in the World
      • Settled and Unsettled
      • Final Years
    • The Person
    • Business and Related Interests
      • The Forth and Clyde Canal
    • Bibliography
    • Contemporaries
      • The Oyster Club
      • The Royal Society of Edinburgh
      • Friend, Mentors & Others
    • Hutton's Relevance Today
    • The Natural Philosopher
    • Hutton the Farmer
      • Learning To Farm & Travels Abroad
      • Return to Slighhouses and Farm Improvement
      • Life as a Farmer
      • Return to Edinburgh
      • The Elements of Agriculture
  • Hutton the Geologist
    • The Testimony of the Rocks
    • The Theory of the Earth
    • Evidence and Explanation
    • Hutton’s Journeys to Prove his Theory
    • Hutton’s Theory of the Earth Accepted?
    • Legacy

Figures in The Scottish Enlightenment

Personal Friends and Mentors

Adam Ferguson
Adam Ferguson
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Adam Smith
Adam Smith
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Colin MacLaurin
Colin MacLaurin
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Erasmus Darwin
Erasmus Darwin
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George Clerk Maxwell
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James Davie
James Hall of Dunglass
James Hall of Dunglass
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James Watt
James Watt
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John Hall of Dunglass
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Joseph Black
Joseph Black
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Others – Closely linked

David Hume
David Hume
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James Boswell
James Boswell
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Lord Kames
Lord Kames
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