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The Select Society

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The Select Society, established as The St. Giles Society but soon renamed, was an intellectual society in 18th century Edinburgh.

The Select Society initially had fifteen members who included:

  • James Adam
  • John Adam
  • James Burnett, Lord Monboddo
  • George Drummond
  • Adam Ferguson
  • Francis Home
  • Henry Home, Lord Kames
  • David Hume
  • John Monro
  • Allan Ramsay
  • William Robertson
  • Adam Smith
  • By the end of its first year, The Select Society had eighty three members. Some years later, some of the members established The Poker Club.

    In 1755 the Select Society founded a subsidiary body: the Edinburgh Society for Encouraging Arts, Sciences, Manufactures, and Agriculture in Scotland.

    References

    The Select Society Wikipedia