David Hume (26 April 1711 - 25 August 1776) was a Scottish agnostic philosopher, economist, and historian who is regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of the Scottish Enlightenment and Western philosophy. Although modern scholars only focus on Hume's work on his philosophical thoughts, he first became famous as a historian, and his book "History of England" became a basic work in the English historical community at that time for 60 to 70 years.