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Hutcheson was born on 8 August 1694. His father, John, was a Presbyterian minister in Armagh, Ireland, and Francis spent his early years at nearby Ballyrea. In 1702 Francis and his elder brother Hans went to live with their grandfather, Alexander Hutcheson, at Drumalig in order to attend school near Saintfield. At the age of 14 he moved to a small denominational college or academy at Killyleagh, County Down.
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Skinner, A.S. (1989). Francis Hutcheson. In: Eatwell, J., Milgate, M., Newman, P. (eds) The Invisible Hand. The New Palgrave. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20313-0_17
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