I made some additions and minor revisions to my three Adam Smith tables, so I am reblogging my previous post with the new and revised table. In brief, Table 1 summarizes in chronological order the secondary literature on Adam Smith’s love life, while Table 2 assembles the available evidence (also in chronological fashion). Additionally, based on the evidence set forth in Table 2, Table 3a identifies Smith’s possible lost loves by name. Lastly, Table 3b, by contrast, refers to those possible lost loves whose names are unknown.
For my talk at the annual conference of the International Adam Smith Society (IASS) on Friday morning, I have decided to systematize my research on Adam Smith’s private life in the following three tables: