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Authorised form of nameMalthus; Thomas Robert (1766 - 1834)
Dates1766 - 1834
NationalityBritish
Place of birthHis father's house, the Rookery, near Guildford, Surrey, England
Date of birth13 or 17 February 1766
Place of deathThe house of Mr Eckersall at St Catherine's, Bath, Somerset
Date of death23 December 1834
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
The Abbey Church at Bath, Somerset
Research fieldPolitical economy
ActivityEducation:
Jesus College, Cambridge. BA (1788), MA (1791)
Career:
Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge (1793-1804); ordained priest (1791); Curate of Albury, Surrey (1798-1804); Rector of Walesby, Lincolnshire (1803-1834); published anonymously 'Essay on the principle of population as it affects the improvement of society' (1798); Professor of History and political economy, HEIC's college, Haileybury (1805-1834); had a cleft palate; died suddenly of heart disease
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election05/03/1818
Relationships2nd son of Daniel Malthus
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB; Venn
References:
H R H The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, 'Research and Prediction. The Inaugural Hartley Lecture Delivered at the Royal Society, 21 May 1974' in NR 1974-5 vol 29 pp 11-27
H J Habakkuk, 'Thomas Robert Malthus, FRS (1766-1834)' in NR 1959 vol 14 pp 99-108, plate
Notes:
DSB gives birth date as 13 February 1766. Ordination date from Venn; BR gives 1798
CodeNA2860
Archives associated with this Fellow
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IM/002948Malthus, Thomas Robert2000
EC/1817/28Malthus, Thomas Robert: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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