Gershom Carmichael (1672-1729) was a teacher and writer of pivotal importance for the Scottish Enlightenment of the eighteenth century. He was the first Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Glasgow, the predecessor of Francis Hutcheson, Adam Smith, and Thomas Reid. He introduced the natural law tradition of Grotius, Pufendorf, and Locke to the moral philosophy courses he taught at the University of Glasgow.
