Electronic Enlightenment Biographical Dictionary

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Name : David Hume

Dates : born 1711–died 1776

Nationality : Scottish

Occupation : author; historian; philosopher

Correspondents include : William Strahan; Adam Smith; Richard Davenport

Current document count : 917 written; 253 received . . . . 

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