# Smith is a founding Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Date: 1783

## The fact

In 1783 the Royal Society of Edinburgh was founded and Smith is listed among its fellows. The dated Scottish corporation is not the 1767 London FRS and not the Glasgow chair. [Adam Smith](/people/adam-smith)’s documented role is: He appears among the founding fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. The new corporation admitted a class; he did not uniquely charter it. Do not twin this with London FRS 1767. Later editors, printers, and excavators remain named where they appear. Adam Smith's documented role is: He appears among the founding fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. The new corporation admitted a class; he did not uniquely charter it.

## Context

Edinburgh’s philosophical clubs, [Robertson](/people/grant-robertson), and other literati share the foundation. A founding name is not unique authorship of the royal charter. Later RSE web pages are access, not 1783 type. Named others on the file: Other founding fellows, the crown charter, and later RSE secretaries share the corporation. The public setting is the file around 1783-01-01. Unnamed clerks, soldiers, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. The instrument stays Smith is a founding Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. The setting of Smith is a founding Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh is the public file around 1783-01-01. Shared offices, unnamed crews, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. Driver edu-[digital-learning-access](/drivers/edu-digital-learning-access) is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

## Evidence and sources

RSE heritage and Britannica independently locate Smith among 1783 Edinburgh fellows, distinct from London FRS. Official: Royal Society of Edinburgh — foundation heritage (https://rse.org.uk/; Royal Society of Edinburgh). Independent: Britannica — Adam Smith, Royal Society of Edinburgh (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Adam-Smith; Encyclopaedia Britannica). 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: Royal Society of Edinburgh — foundation heritage (https://rse.org.uk/; Royal Society of Edinburgh). Independent carrier: Britannica — Adam Smith, Royal Society of Edinburgh (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Adam-Smith; Encyclopaedia Britannica).

Official or archival record: Royal Society of Edinburgh — foundation heritage (https://rse.org.uk/; Royal Society of Edinburgh).

## Significance

Improving education-access path: a Scottish learned-society foundation. Complex shared charter. Welfare reading improving. The attached mechanism is A dated Scottish learned-society foundation put his name on a public Edinburgh scientific corporation. 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.

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

## What is established and what is not

Established: Smith among 1783 RSE fellows. Not established: unique authorship of the Society’s later papers. Established: a sourced public record of Smith is a founding Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh under 1783-01-01. Established: a sourced public record of Smith is a founding Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh under 1783-01-01.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Do not twin this with London FRS 1767. Mixed effects of Smith is a founding Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh are separate paths.

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

The welfare reading used in this dossier is improving. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Shared responsibility is part of Smith is a founding Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Naming Adam Smith does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1783-01-01 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.

## People

- Adam Smith: https://factrail.ai/people/adam-smith

## Drivers

- Digital Learning Access: https://factrail.ai/drivers/edu-digital-learning-access

## Sources

- https://rse.org.uk/
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Adam-Smith

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/asm-frse-1783