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Thomas Robert Malthus

Also known as Thomas R. Malthus, Thomas Malthus

British political economist (1766–1834)

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Thomas Robert Malthus was a male person born in 1766 and died in 1834. He is recognized in the Royal Society collection. His works include *An Essay on the Principle of Population*, *Gray versus Malthus*, and *Letters to Mr. Malthus, on Several Subjects of Political Economy*. Other titles are *Parallel Chapters from the First and Second Editions of An Essay on the Principle of Population*, *Sconvenevolezza delle Teoriche del Valore*, and *The Principles of Population and Production Investigated*.

Malthus is associated with Germany and the classical, romantic, and romantic classical genres. He authored five works according to Crossref, ten according to Europeana, and 135 according to Open Library. His writings have been referenced by 869 other encyclopedia articles. A notable quote from his work states that population increases in a geometrical ratio while subsistence increases only in an arithmetical ratio.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1766
Died: 1834
Works: 135

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人口の原理
Gray versus Malthus, the principles of population and production investigated
Parallel chapters from the first and second editions of An essay on the principle of population
Sconvenevolezza delle teoriche del valore
Letters to Mr. Malthus, on several subjects of political economy

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Germany
Active from: 1810-06-08
Active to: 1856-07-29

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Discography

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Analysis of Relative Gene Expression Data Using Real-Time Quantitative PCR and the 2−ΔΔCT Method
· 2001 · cited 163,143x
Development of the Colle-Salvetti correlation-energy formula into a functional of the electron density
· 1988 · cited 95,712x
The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 84,720x
U-Net: Convolutional Networks for Biomedical Image Segmentation
· 2015 · cited 59,750x
Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation
· 2011 · cited 56,512x

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Quotes

“It is an acknowledged truth in philosophy that a just theory will always be confirmed by experiment.”
“Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometrical ratio, Subsistence, increases only in an arithmetical ratio.”
“The love of independence is a sentiment that surely none would wish to see erased from the breast of man, though the parish law of England, it must be confessed, is a system of all others the most calculated gradually to weaken this sentiment, and in the end may eradicate it completely.”
“To remedy the frequent distresses of the common people, the poor laws of England have been instituted; but it is to be feared that though they may have alleviated a little the intensity of individual misfortune, they have spread the general evil over a much larger surface.”
“The transfer of three shillings and sixpence a day to every labourer would not increase the quantity of meat in the country. There is not at present enough for all to have a decent share. What would then be the consequence?”
“I feel no doubt whatever that the parish laws of England have contributed to raise the price of provisions and to lower the real price of labour.”

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Works in European collections

10 objects attributed to Thomas Robert Malthus, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Essai sur le principe de population ou exposé des effets passés et présens de l'action de cette cause sur le bonheur du genre humain ..

Ensayo sobre el principio de la población

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Encyclopedic overview

Thomas Robert Malthus (/ˈmælθəs/; 13/14 February 1766 – 29 December 1834) was an English economist, cleric, and scholar influential in the fields of political economy and demography.

In his 1798 book An Essay on the Principle of Population, Malthus observed that an increase in a nation's food production improved the well-being of the population, but the improvement was temporary because it led to population growth, which in turn restored the original per capita production level. In other words, humans had a propensity to use abundance for population growth rather than for maintaining a high standard of living, a view and stance that has become known as the "Malthusian trap" or the "Malthusian spectre". Populations had a tendency to grow until the lower class suffered hardship, want, and greater susceptibility to war, famine, and disease, a pessimistic view that is sometimes referred to as a Malthusian catastrophe. Malthus wrote in opposition to the popular view in 18th-century Europe that saw society as improving and in principle as perfectible.

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Thomas Robert Malthus