Thomas
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Thomas is the given name of Thomas Malthus, the influential English economist and demographer known for his theories on population growth and resource limits.
Aliases (1)
- Thomas Malthus ×44
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
demographer
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economist → given name → human → |
| academicDiscipline |
demography
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economics → |
| birthDate | 1766-02-13 → |
| birthPlace | near Guildford, Surrey, England → |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain → |
| deathDate | 1834-12-23 → |
| deathPlace | Bath, Somerset, England → |
| describedAs | influential English economist and demographer → |
| educatedAt | Jesus College, Cambridge NERFINISHED → |
| era |
18th-century philosophy
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19th-century philosophy → |
| ethnicGroup | English → |
| familyName |
Thomas Malthus
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surface form: "Malthus"
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| fieldOfWork |
demography
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political economy → population studies → |
| fullName |
Thomas Malthus
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surface form: "Thomas Robert Malthus"
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| gender | male → |
| givenName | Thomas → |
| hasNotableBearer | Thomas Malthus → |
| influenced |
Alfred Russel Wallace
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Charles Darwin → David Ricardo → John Maynard Keynes → classical economics → evolutionary theory → |
| knownFor | theories on population growth and resource limits → |
| languageOfOrigin | Aramaic → |
| languageOfUse | English → |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English → |
| movement | classical economics → |
| notableIdea |
Malthusian catastrophe
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preventive and positive checks on population → |
| notableWork |
An Essay on the Principle of Population
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Principles of Political Economy → |
| occupation |
Anglican cleric
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demographer → economist → |
| positionHeld | professor of history and political economy at the East India Company College → |
| religion |
Anglicanism (broadly)
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surface form: "Anglicanism"
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| spouse | Harriet Eckersall → |
| theory |
Malthusian theory of population
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population growth tends to outpace food supply → population is checked by famine, disease, and war → |
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