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Smith resigns Glasgow to tutor the Duke of Buccleuch on a continental tour

In 1764 Smith resigned his Glasgow chair to accompany the Duke of Buccleuch on a continental tutorial tour, wintering in Toulouse and later residing in Paris. The dated tutorship is not the chair itself and not the 1776 book. In the causal graph this event strengthens Digital Learning Access, a driver that weakens Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries) — an improving welfare path.

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In 1764 Smith resigned his Glasgow chair to accompany the Duke of Buccleuch on a continental tutorial tour, wintering in Toulouse and later residing in Paris. The dated tutorship is not the chair itself and not the 1776 book. Adam Smith’s documented role is: He left the moral-philosophy chair to tutor Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch, in France and Geneva. Townshend arranged the post; Quesnay and Turgot were later Paris interlocutors. Later editors, printers, and excavators remain named where they appear. Adam Smith's documented role is: He left the moral-philosophy chair to tutor Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch, in France and Geneva.

Context

Charles Townshend, as the duke’s stepfather, arranged a pensioned tutorship. Geneva, Toulouse, and Paris salons share the itinerary. Named others on the file: Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch, Charles Townshend, and later French hosts share the tour. The public setting is the file around 1764-02-01. The instrument stays Smith resigns Glasgow to tutor the Duke of Buccleuch on a continental tour. The setting of Smith resigns Glasgow to tutor the Duke of Buccleuch on a continental tour is the public file around 1764-02-01. Driver edu-digital-learning-access is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of Smith resigns Glasgow to tutor the Duke of Buccleuch on a continental tour are separate paths.

Why it matters

Complex shared tutorship. Welfare reading improving. The attached mechanism is A dated tutorial tour put him inside French physiocratic conversation that later informed the political-economy book. Lag to any modern indicator is not treated as zero. This path is attached because the mechanism is named from this act, not because a driver list needed coverage. The welfare reading on this path is improving.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Who was responsible

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  • Adam Smith

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.4 · verified

    He left the moral-philosophy chair to tutor Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch, in France and Geneva. Townshend arranged the post; Quesnay and Turgot were later Paris interlocutors.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

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Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Adam Smith’s Moral and Political PhilosophyStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Adam SmithEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Britannica and SEP independently date the 1764 resignation and Buccleuch tour. Official: Britannica — Adam Smith, tutor to Buccleuch 1764–66 (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Adam-Smith (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Adam Smith, life, France (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/smith-moral-political/ (opens in a new tab); Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). The two URLs are different pages. Where the carrier is a later edition or a received narrative, that limit is stated rather than upgraded to an autograph. Official carrier: Britannica — Adam Smith, tutor to Buccleuch 1764–66 (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Adam-Smith (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Adam Smith, life, France (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/smith-moral-political/ (opens in a new tab); Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).

Established: 1764 resignation and Buccleuch tour. Not established: that WN is a unique stenograph of Quesnay. Established: a sourced public record of Smith resigns Glasgow to tutor the Duke of Buccleuch on a continental tour under 1764-02-01.

Shared responsibility is part of Smith resigns Glasgow to tutor the Duke of Buccleuch on a continental tour. Naming Adam Smith does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1764-02-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorAdam Smith
  2. contributed toFactSmith resigns Glasgow to tutor the Duke of Buccleuch on a continental tour
  3. strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
  4. weakensIndicatorLearning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)

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Factrail. (2026). Smith resigns Glasgow to tutor the Duke of Buccleuch on a continental tour. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/asm-buccleuch-tour-1764

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Accessed 16 October 2026.

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