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The History of Economics Society is pleased to announce the election of  
ANDREW SKINNER (University of Glasgow) as a distinguished fellow of the  
Society. Professor Skinner's election was originally announced at the  
1998 Society meeting this past weekend in Montreal. 
 
The following citation is provided by the chair of the nominating  
committee, Malcolm Rutherford, past president of the Society: 
 
Professor Skinner's contibutions are very well known.  He is, without 
doubt, one of the leading authorities on Adam Smith and on the work of 
Smith's teachers and contemporaries.  Skinner's approach to Smith has 
been to place Smith within the Scottish Enlightenment and the Scottish 
tradition of "social, moral, and natural jurispudential analysis" which 
also involved Francis Hutcheson and David Hume (Brown 1997, 283).  This 
places Smith in a different (and much more revealing) light from the more 
standard interpretations of Smith as the father of modern economics or of 
liberal capitalism. 
 
Professor Skinner's publications are far to numerous to list in full. His 
work on the Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence of Adam Smith 
stands out, but to mention just a few other contributions 
 
Books and Edited Books: 
 
A System of Social Science: Papers Relating to Adam Smith. 1979, 2nd ed  
1996.  
 
Adam Smith and the Role of the State. 1974. 
 
Adam Smith. With R.H. Campbell. 1982. 
 
The Origin and Nature of the Scottish Enlightenment. Edited with R.H. 
Campbell, 1982. 
 
Adam Smith Reviewed. Edited with Peter Jones, 1992. 
 
Sir James Steuart's Principles of Political Oeconomy. Edited, 1997. 
 
Articles and Chapters: 
 
Adam Smith: rhetoric and the communication of ideas. 1983. 
 
Political economy: Adam Smith and his Scottish predecessors. 1992. 
 
Adam Smith and the origins of the exchange economy. 1993. 
 
Adam Smith and the role of the state: education as a public service. 1995. 
 
Pufendorf, Hutcheson and Adam Smith: some principles of political economy. 
1995. 
 
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