About
Thomas Robert Malthus, born on 13 February 1766 in Surrey, was a British political economist. Ordained as an Anglican priest, he is best known for his *An Essay on the Principle of Population* (1798), where he argued that population grows geometrically while food supply grows arithmetically. He was professor of political economy at the East India Company College, Haileybury, the first academic post of its kind in Britain. His work influenced Darwin and Wallace. He died on 23 December 1834.
* 1766-02-13 — † 1834-12-23
Major works
- An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798)essay
- An Inquiry into the Nature and Progress of Rent (1815)essay
- Principles of Political Economy (1820)treatise
- Definitions in Political Economy (1827)book
Key milestones
- 1805Appointed professor of political economy at the East India Company College, Haileybury, the first chair of its kind in Britain.
- 1818Elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
- 1834Cofounder of the Statistical Society of London.
Themes
Population growthResources and subsistenceLand rentClassical political economyEffective demand
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