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David Hume David Hume (; born David Home; 7 May 1711 NS (26 April 1711 OS) – 25 August 1776) Cranston, Maurice, and Thomas Edmund Jessop. 2020 999br>David Hume" ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Retrieved 18 May 2020. was a Scottish Enlightenment philo ...

(1711–1776), Scottish philosopher Hume may also refer to:

People

Hume (surname) Hume (''Home'' is an older variant spelling of Hume, still used for the senior branches of the family) is a Scottish surname that derives from Hume Castle, Berwickshire, and its adjacent estates. The name may refer to: * Abraham Hume (disambigua ...

Hume (given name) Hume is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Hume Cronyn (1911-2003), Canadian actor * Hume Cronyn (politician) (1864-1933), Canadian politician and lawyer, father of the actor * Hume Horan Hume Alexander Horan (August ...

* James

Hume Nisbet James Hume Nisbet (8 August 1849 – 4 June 1923) was a Scottish-born novelist and artist. Many of his thrillers are set in Australia. Youth Nisbet was born in Stirling, Scotland and received special artistic training, and was educated under the R ...

(1849–1923), Scottish-born novelist and artist

In fiction

* Hume, the name of the human race in the Invalice universe of the computer game series ''Final Fantasy'' *

Desmond Hume Desmond David Hume is a fictional character on the ABC television series ''Lost'' portrayed by Henry Ian Cusick. Desmond's name is a tribute to David Hume, the famous empiricist philosopher. Desmond was not a passenger of Flight 815. He had been ...

, a fictional character on the television series ''Lost'' * Eleanor Hume, a character from the role-playing video game ''

Tales of Berseria is an action role-playing video game developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and Microsoft Windows. It is the sixteenth main entry in the ''Tales'' series and a prequel of ''Tales of Zestiria''. I ...

'' * Nick Hume, the protagonist of the 2007 film ''Death Sentence'' * Hobart Hume III, a fictional character on the television series ''

Shining Time Station ''Shining Time Station'' is an American children's television series jointly created by British television producer Britt Allcroft and American television producer Rick Siggelkow. The series was produced by Quality Family Entertainment (the Ame ...

Places

Australia

Hume, Australian Capital Territory Hume is a suburb of Canberra in the Jerrabomberra (district), District of Jerrabomberra. The suburb is named after the explorer Hamilton Hume and streets are named after Australian industrialists and businessmen. Hume is a light-industrial subur ...

, a suburb of Canberra *

City of Hume The City of Hume is a local government area located within the metropolitan area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It includes the outer north-western suburbs and a number of rural localities between 13 and 40 kilometres from the Melbourne c ...

, a municipality in northern Melbourne * Hume County, a cadastral division of New South Wales *

Division of Hume The Division of Hume is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. Geography Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed ...

, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in New South Wales *

Hume (region) The Hume is an economic rural region located in the north-eastern part of Victoria, Australia. Comprising an area in excess of with a population that ranges from (in 2011) to (in 2012), the Hume region includes the local government areas o ...

, a region in northeastern Victoria *

Hume Highway Hume Highway, inclusive of the sections now known as Hume Freeway and Hume Motorway, is one of Australia's major inter-city national highways, running for between Melbourne in the southwest and Sydney in the northeast. Upgrading of the route ...

, the main road between Melbourne and Sydney *

Lake Hume Hume Dam, formerly the Hume Weir, is a major dam across the Murray River downstream of its junction with the Mitta River in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The dam's purpose includes flood mitigation, hydroelectricity, hydro-po ...

, a large artificial lake and the associated Hume Dam

Scotland

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, the historic 13th-century eponymous fortress of the Hume/Home family in Berwickshire *

Hume, Scottish Borders Hume is a village in Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. On the B6364, it lies from Kelso, Roxburghshire. It is close to other villages and amenities, e.g. Brotherstone Hill, Smailholm, Smailholm Tower, Floors Castle, Sti ...

, a village

United States

Hume, Fresno County, California Hume (formerly, Humes) is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Fresno County, California, Fresno County, California. It is located east of Fresno, California, Fresno, at an elevation of 5344 feet (1629 m). Hume is located in the ...

, an unincorporated community *

Hume Lake Hume Lake is a reservoir in the Sierra Nevada, within Sequoia National Forest and Fresno County, central California. Hume Lake is on Tenmile Creek, which is a tributary of the Kings River, and adjacent to the unincorporated community of Hume ...

, in Fresno County, California *

Hume, Illinois } Hume is a village in Shiloh and Young America townships, Edgar County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, the village population was 325. History The future site of Hume was most likely part of the Illinois Confederation in the ...

, a village *

Hume, Missouri Hume is a city in Bates County, Missouri, and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area within the United States. The population was 336 at the 2010 census. Geography Hume is located at (38.090514, -94.584325). According to the United Stat ...

, a city *

Hume, New York Hume is a town in Allegany County, New York, United States. The population was 2,094 at the 2020 census. The town is on the northern border of Allegany County. History Roger Mills, the first settler, arrived in 1806. The town of Hume was estab ...

, a town *

Hume, Ohio Hume is an unincorporated community in Allen County, in the U.S. state of Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 ...

, an unincorporated community *

Hume, Virginia Hume is an unincorporated community in Fauquier County, Virginia. Hume is five miles south of Interstate 66's Exit 18 and is named for the local Hume family. It runs along Virginia State Route 688. It is east of the Rappahannock County line. The c ...

, an unincorporated community *

Hume Township, Whiteside County, Illinois Hume Township is located in Whiteside County, Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. ...

Hume Township, Michigan Hume Township is a civil township of Huron County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 801. Communities *The village of Kinde is at the southeast corner of the township, though none of it is within ...

Moon

Hume (crater) Hume is a small lunar impact crater that lies along the eastern limb of the Moon, along the southeast edge of Mare Smythii. It is located just on the far side of the Moon, but it is often brought into sight from Earth due to libration. Hume l ...

Other uses

Hume (soil) Hume is a soil type that is well drained and slowly permeable. Hume is formed from the erosion of shale and sandstone. Hume soils occur naturally on slopes and alluvial fan An alluvial fan is an accumulation of sediments that fans outwards fr ...

, a type of soil *

Hume (programming language) Hume is a functionally based programming language developed at the University of St Andrews and Heriot-Watt University in Scotland since the year 2000. The language name is both an acronym meaning 'Higher-order Unified Meta-Environment' and an ho ...

(Higher-order Unified Meta-Environment), a computer programming language *

Hume Bank Hume Bank is an Australian bank. Headquartered in Albury, New South Wales, it is a customer-owned bank that started as a building society in 1955. Its business focus is on retail banking and assisting local economic development. About Hume ...

, an Australian banking co-op * Lord Hume of Berwick, a title which was created twice, in the Peerages of England and Great Britain *

Hume baronets There have been three baronetcies created for persons with the surname Hume, two in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and one in the Baronetage of Great Britain. One creations is dormant while two are extinct. The Hume Baronetcy, of Polwarth, was cr ...

, two titles, one in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and the other in the Baronetage of Great Britain *

Hume Formation The Hume Formation is a geologic formation in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It preserves fossils dating back to the Devonian period Period may refer to: Common uses * Era, a length or span of time * Full stop (or period), a punctuation ma ...

, a geologic formation in the Northwest Territories, Canada *

Hume Lake Christian Camps Hume Lake Christian Camps is a non-denominational, nonprofit parachurch organization and is one of the largest operators of Christian camps and conference centers in the world. Hume operates year-round camps and conference centers at multiple loca ...

, a nonprofit parachurch operator of Christian camps and conference centers *

Hume Street, Dublin Hume Street (; ) is a street in central Dublin located between Ely Place and St. Stephen's Green. It is named after Sir Gustavus Hume, 3rd Baronet (c.1670–1731) and his family. Most of the south side of the street is taken up by the former C ...

, Ireland * Hume School, Arlington County, Virginia, United States, on the National Register of Historic Places

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Scotland

United States

Moon

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