File talk:19th-century building at location where Adam Smith lived, 1767-1776.jpg

Photo is incorrectly titled

The photo title is incorrect.

This photo is NOT a photo of Smith's Kirkcaldy house. However, it is a photo of the more modern building on High Street in Kirkcaldy on which is mounted a bronze plaque that says Adam Smith's mother's house, in which he lived circa 1767-1776, used to be near here, until it was removed in 1834. The bronze plaque is located under the lamp that is immediately to the left of the blue GREGGS sign in the photo. The plaque is mounted on the right column of the entrance to 220 High Street. I should note that I have photos of the placque, and also several wider views that show the plaque in gradually wider context of modern Kirkcaldy. One of my May 2008 photos shows roughly the same context as this photo; but I also have a photo of the text on the plaque. As noted above, the text on the plaque belies the claim that was formerly in the photo caption that this 19th-century building was the house in which Smith lived. It is NOT.

The bronze plaque text is:

"ADAM SMITH 1723-1790 BORN IN KIRKCALDY. ON THIS SITE STOOD THE HOME OF HIS MOTHER IN WHICH HE LIVED FROM 1767-1776 AND COMPLETED "THE WEALTH OF NATIONS." His grave is in the Canongate Churchyard, Edinburgh. ERECTED 1953. HOUSE REMOVED 1834"

I have a copy of a small book which also contains a {poor quality reproduction) copy of a photograph of the plaque (on pp 20). (Book Reference: "In the Steps of Adam Smith's Kirkcaldy", Kirkcaldy Civic Society, 17, Townsend Cres, Kirkcaldy, KY1 1DN, copyright 2001, ISBN 0 946294 43 7 ).

For more information, go to Talk:Adam Smith House where I've started a discussion on this, with a source, and with an offer to provide better photos of the plaque and current context if any editor wants them.

Thanks to user Hunster for doing the more formal proposal to get the file renamed. N2e (talk) 23:02, 16 February 2010 (UTC)