Malthus Publishes An Essay on the Principle of Population
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Literature, Publishing, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Economics, Environmental Issues
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Sociology, Sociologists, Industrial Revolution, Industrialization, Ecology, Environment, Conservation, Demographics, Population
- Curriculum: British History, 18th Century European History
- Geographical Location: London
- Date: 1798
Article abstract: Malthus publishes An Essay on the Principle of Population, developing theories about population explosion, food supply, and environmental concerns that lay the foundation for modern socioeconomic theory.
Summary of Event
Thomas Robert Malthus, an English clergyman, was perhaps the first professional economist. The son of a middle-class eccentric, he spent most of his life teaching and doing economic research. He taught with other great economists of the time at the staff college of the East India Company, a vigorous and unscrupulous...
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