Thomas Robert Malthus
Thomas Robert Malthus's epitaph
The Rev. Thomas Robert Malthus FRS (13 February 1766 – 23 December 1834),[1] was a British writer on political economy and population.[2][3] Malthus popularised the economic theory of rent, and was the first to use the phrase struggle for existence.[4]
- ↑ Several sources give Malthus's date of death as 29 December 1834. See Meyers Konversationslexikon (Leipzig, 4th edition, 1885-1892), "Biography" Archived 2013-05-18 at the Wayback Machine by Nigel Malthus. But the 1911 Britannica gives 23 December 1834.
- ↑ Petersen, William. 1979. Malthus. Heinemann, London. 2nd ed 1999.
- ↑ Malthus used his middle name Robert, though work after his lifetime often refers to him as Thomas Malthus.
- ↑ Shorter Oxford English Dictiionary.