Nassau William Senior
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Nassau William Senior was a 19th-century English economist and legal scholar known for his contributions to classical political economy and his role in early labor and poverty reform debates.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
classical economist
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economist ⓘ human ⓘ legal scholar ⓘ political economist ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 19th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Eton College
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Magdalen College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | University of Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Senior ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
economics
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law ⓘ political economy ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName |
Nassau
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William ⓘ |
| influenced |
John Stuart Mill
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later marginalist economists ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Adam Smith
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David Ricardo ⓘ Thomas Malthus ⓘ
surface form:
Thomas Robert Malthus
|
| knownFor |
abstinence theory of capital
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contributions to classical political economy ⓘ critique of Malthusian population theory ⓘ participation in debates on labor and poverty reform ⓘ theory of wages and profits ⓘ |
| movement | classical economics ⓘ |
| name | Nassau William Senior self-link ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
An Outline of the Science of Political Economy
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Letters on the Factory Act ⓘ Three Lectures on the Rate of Wages ⓘ |
| occupation |
economist
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jurist ⓘ legal scholar ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
debates on the English Poor Laws
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factory reform debates in 19th-century Britain ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Drummond Professor of Political Economy at the University of Oxford
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advisor on Poor Law reform ⓘ member of the Poor Law Commission ⓘ |
| wroteAbout |
capital
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factory legislation ⓘ poor laws ⓘ population ⓘ profits ⓘ wages ⓘ |
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