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https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/6278| Title: | Malthus, Thomas Robert (1766–1834): English political economist and demographer | Contributor(s): | Pullen, John Michael (author) | Publication Date: | 2003 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/6278 | Abstract: | Malthus earned bachelor's (1788) and master's (1791) degrees at Cambridge University and was elected to a fellowship at Jesus College, Cambridge, in 1793. He was ordained as a minister of the Church of England in 1789. In 1805, he was appointed professor of history and political economy at the East India College at Ilaileybury, near Elertford, a position he held until his death. Among his numerous books, pamphlets, and articles, the best known are 'An Essay on the Principle of Population' (1798, with subsequent editions in 1803, 1806, 1807, 1817, 1826) and 'Principles of Political Economy' (1820, with a posthumous edition, with many alterations, in 1836). | Publication Type: | Entry In Reference Work | Source of Publication: | Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment, v.3: Mably-Ruysch, p. 14-16 | Publisher: | Oxford University Press | Place of Publication: | Oxford, United Kingdom | ISBN: | 0195104331 0195104307 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 140101 History of Economic Thought | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 919999 Economic Framework not elsewhere classified | HERDC Category Description: | N Entry In Reference Work | Publisher/associated links: | http://www.oup.com/us/brochure/95104307 http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/32881964 |
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