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| birth_date = 1790 |
| birth_date = 1790 |
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| birth_place = [[Tunbridge Wells]] |
| birth_place = [[Tunbridge Wells]], Kent, England |
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| death_date = 20 January 1855 |
| death_date = 20 January 1855 |
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| death_place = [[Hertford Heath]] |
| death_place = [[Hertford Heath]], England |
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| nationality = English |
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| field = [[Political Economy]] |
| field = [[Political Economy]] |
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'''Richard Jones''' (1790 – 20 January 1855)<ref>William Whewell, "Prefatory Note", ''Literary remains, consisting of [[lecture]]s and [[tract (literature)|tract]]s on political economy of the late Rev. Richard Jones,'' ed. William Whewell, London: John Murray, 1859, p. xl.</ref> was an English economist who criticised the theoretical views of [[David Ricardo]] and [[T. R. Malthus]] on [[economic rent]] and [[population]]. |
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==Life== |
==Life== |
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The [[son]] of a [[solicitor]], Jones was intended for the legal profession, and was educated at [[Caius College, Cambridge]].<ref>{{acad|id=JNS812R|name=Jones, Richard}}</ref> Owing to ill-health, he abandoned the idea of the law and took orders soon after leaving Cambridge. For several |
The [[son]] of a [[solicitor]], Jones was intended for the legal profession, and was educated at [[Caius College, Cambridge]].<ref>{{acad|id=JNS812R|name=Jones, Richard}}</ref> Owing to ill-health, he abandoned the idea of the law and took orders soon after leaving Cambridge. For several years he held curacies in [[Sussex]] and [[Kent]]. |
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In 1833 Jones was appointed |
In 1833 Jones was appointed professor of political economy at [[King's College London]], resigning this post in 1835 to succeed [[T. R. Malthus]] in the chair of political economy and history at the [[East India College]] at Haileybury. |
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Along with [[Charles Babbage]], [[Adolphe Quetelet]], [[William Whewell]] and [[Thomas Malthus]], Jones was instrumental in founding the Statistical Society of |
Along with [[Charles Babbage]], [[Adolphe Quetelet]], [[William Whewell]] and [[Thomas Malthus]], Jones was instrumental in founding the Statistical Society of London (later "[[Royal Statistical Society]]") in 1834. This was an outgrowth of the Statistical Section of the [[British Association for the Advancement of Science]].<ref>Denis Patrick O'Brien, ''The classical economists revisited'', Princeton University Press (2004) {{ISBN|0-691-11939-2}}</ref> |
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Jones took an active part in the [[Tithe Commutation Act 1836]] and was a tithe commissioner to 1851. He was for some |
Jones took an active part in the [[Tithe Commutation Act 1836]] and was a tithe commissioner to 1851.{{Citation needed|date=November 2014}} He was for some time, also, a [[charities|charity]] commissioner. He died at Haileybury, shortly after he had resigned his professorship. |
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==Work== |
==Work== |
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In 1831 Jones published his ''Essay on the Distribution of Wealth and on the Sources of Taxation'', his major work. In it he showed himself a |
In 1831 Jones published his ''Essay on the Distribution of Wealth and on the Sources of Taxation'', his major work. In it he showed himself a critic of the [[David Ricardo|Ricardian]] system. |
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Jones's method |
Jones's method was [[inductive reasoning|inductive]]; his conclusions are based on the real world with the different forms which the ownership and cultivation of land, and, in general, the conditions of production and distribution, assume at different times and places. He resisted taking the exceptional British state of affairs as representing the uniform type of human societies, and admitted [[path dependence]] in economics. While respecting Malthus, he declined to accept that an increase of the means of subsistence is necessarily followed by an increase of population. He maintained that with the growth of population, in all well-governed and prosperous states, the command over food, instead of diminishing, increases. |
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While [[respect]]ing Malthus in esteem, Jones declines to accept that an increase of the means of subsistence is necessarily followed by an increase of [[population]]. He maintained that with the growth of population, in all well-governed and prosperous states, the command over food, instead of diminishing, increases. |
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==Major publications== |
==Major publications== |
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* [https://books.google.com/books?id=986txrcU_6YC&q=%22An+Essay+on+the+Distribution+of+Wealth+and+on+the+Sources+of+Taxation%22 ''An Essay on the Distribution of Wealth and on the Sources of Taxation'' London, John Murray, 1831.] Reprinted, Kessinger (2008). {{ISBN|1-4370-0017-7}} |
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* ''[https://archive.org/details/peasantrentsbein00jonerich Peasant rents : being the first half of an essay on the distribution of wealth and on the sources of taxation]'' (1831) |
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* [http://books.google.com/books?dq=%2B%22Richard+Jones%22+%2B%22An+Introductory+Lecture+on+Political+Economy%22&pg=PP1&id=tJMqe3jScywC&ots=snpDAyZUb7#PPP1,M1 ''An Introductory Lecture on Political Economy'', London, John Murray, 1833]. |
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* [https://books.google.com/books?id=tJMqe3jScywC&dq=%2B%22Richard+Jones%22+%2B%22An+Introductory+Lecture+on+Political+Economy%22&pg=PP1 ''An Introductory Lecture on Political Economy'', London, John Murray, 1833]. |
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* ''[https://archive.org/details/remarksongovernm00jone Remarks on the government bill for the commutation of tithe]'' (1836) |
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* ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=8cI7AAAAYAAJ Remarks on the Manner in which Tithe Should be Assessed to the Poor's Rate, Under the Existing Law: With a Protest Against the Change which Will be Produced in that Law, by a Bill Introduced Into the House of Commons by Mr. Shaw Lefevre]'' (1838) |
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* [https://books.google.com/books?id=7lkBAAAAQAAJ&q=%22Richard+Jones%22+%2BWhewell ''Literary remains, consisting of lectures and tracts on political economy of the late Rev. Richard Jones,'' ed. William Whewell. London : John Murray, 1859.] |
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** ''[https://archive.org/details/literaryremainsc00joneuoft Literary remains, consisting of lectures and tracts on political economy]'' (1859); at Archive.org |
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==References== |
==References== |
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| DATE OF DEATH = 20 January 1855 |
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Latest revision as of 20:12, 6 April 2023
Richard Jones | |
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Born | 1790 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England |
Died | 20 January 1855 Hertford Heath, England |
Academic career | |
Field | Political Economy |
School or tradition | English historical school |
Richard Jones (1790 – 20 January 1855)[1] was an English economist who criticised the theoretical views of David Ricardo and T. R. Malthus on economic rent and population.
Life
[edit]The son of a solicitor, Jones was intended for the legal profession, and was educated at Caius College, Cambridge.[2] Owing to ill-health, he abandoned the idea of the law and took orders soon after leaving Cambridge. For several years he held curacies in Sussex and Kent.
In 1833 Jones was appointed professor of political economy at King's College London, resigning this post in 1835 to succeed T. R. Malthus in the chair of political economy and history at the East India College at Haileybury.
Along with Charles Babbage, Adolphe Quetelet, William Whewell and Thomas Malthus, Jones was instrumental in founding the Statistical Society of London (later "Royal Statistical Society") in 1834. This was an outgrowth of the Statistical Section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.[3]
Jones took an active part in the Tithe Commutation Act 1836 and was a tithe commissioner to 1851.[citation needed] He was for some time, also, a charity commissioner. He died at Haileybury, shortly after he had resigned his professorship.
Work
[edit]In 1831 Jones published his Essay on the Distribution of Wealth and on the Sources of Taxation, his major work. In it he showed himself a critic of the Ricardian system.
Jones's method was inductive; his conclusions are based on the real world with the different forms which the ownership and cultivation of land, and, in general, the conditions of production and distribution, assume at different times and places. He resisted taking the exceptional British state of affairs as representing the uniform type of human societies, and admitted path dependence in economics. While respecting Malthus, he declined to accept that an increase of the means of subsistence is necessarily followed by an increase of population. He maintained that with the growth of population, in all well-governed and prosperous states, the command over food, instead of diminishing, increases.
Major publications
[edit]- An Essay on the Distribution of Wealth and on the Sources of Taxation London, John Murray, 1831. Reprinted, Kessinger (2008). ISBN 1-4370-0017-7
- Peasant rents : being the first half of an essay on the distribution of wealth and on the sources of taxation (1831)
- An Introductory Lecture on Political Economy, London, John Murray, 1833.
- Remarks on the government bill for the commutation of tithe (1836)
- Remarks on the Manner in which Tithe Should be Assessed to the Poor's Rate, Under the Existing Law: With a Protest Against the Change which Will be Produced in that Law, by a Bill Introduced Into the House of Commons by Mr. Shaw Lefevre (1838)
- Literary remains, consisting of lectures and tracts on political economy of the late Rev. Richard Jones, ed. William Whewell. London : John Murray, 1859.
- Literary remains, consisting of lectures and tracts on political economy (1859); at Archive.org
References
[edit]- ^ William Whewell, "Prefatory Note", Literary remains, consisting of lectures and tracts on political economy of the late Rev. Richard Jones, ed. William Whewell, London: John Murray, 1859, p. xl.
- ^ "Jones, Richard (JNS812R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Denis Patrick O'Brien, The classical economists revisited, Princeton University Press (2004) ISBN 0-691-11939-2
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Jones, Richard". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 500. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
- English economists
- English historical school of economics
- 19th-century British economists
- English non-fiction writers
- Academics of King's College London
- Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
- People from Royal Tunbridge Wells
- 19th-century English Anglican priests
- 1790 births
- 1855 deaths
- English male non-fiction writers
- 19th-century English male writers