1. What were some of the major work published by Thomas Maithus? employment? accomplishment; nodel price? 2. What are some of the important historical events that took place during his lifetime? 3. Discuss Thomas Maithus theory or hypothesis and its application (if any) to 2015 economies? 4. Is his work still relevant why or why not? Solution MALTHUS, THOMAS ROBERT ( b . near Guildford, Surrey, England, 13 February 1766; d . near Bath, England, 23 December 1834, political economy . Malthus is known in the history of science almost exclusively for his influence on Charles Darwin, exerted almost accidentally. His life, work, and friends were mainly centered on social conditions and political economy, and his work on population was part of these. He did have early training in mathematics, however, and based his arguments on the careful analysis of observed data. Robert Malthus (he appears never to have been called Thomas) was the sixth child of seven born to Daniel Malthus and his wife, the former Henrietta Catherine Graham. Daniel Malthus, a scholar and a friend and admirer of Rousseau, provided a stimulating home life and education for the boy, and later sent him to study with Richard Graves at Claverton and at the Dissenting Academy of Warrington under Gilbert Wakefield. In 1784 Malthus went up to Jesus College, Cambridge, where his tutor was William Frend. He read for the mathematical tripos and graduated in 1788, being ninth wrangler; but he also read widely in French and English history and literature and in Newtonian physics. He had already shown his interest in the practical rather than the abstract. He played games and lived a full social life, apparently unaffected by his cleft palate and harelip. The friends he made at Cambridge influenced the rest of his life; the most important was William Otter (1768 .

1. 1. What were some of the major work published by Thomas Maithus? employment?
accomplishment; nodel price?
2. What are some of the important historical events that took place during his lifetime?
3. Discuss Thomas Maithus theory or hypothesis and its application (if any) to 2015 economies?
4. Is his work still relevant why or why not?
Solution
MALTHUS, THOMAS ROBERT
( b . near Guildford, Surrey, England, 13 February 1766; d . near Bath, England, 23 December
1834, political economy .
Malthus is known in the history of science almost exclusively for his influence on Charles
Darwin, exerted almost accidentally. His life, work, and friends were mainly centered on social
conditions and political economy, and his work on population was part of these. He did have
early training in mathematics, however, and based his arguments on the careful analysis of
observed data.
Robert Malthus (he appears never to have been called Thomas) was the sixth child of seven born
to Daniel Malthus and his wife, the former Henrietta Catherine Graham. Daniel Malthus, a
scholar and a friend and admirer of Rousseau, provided a stimulating home life and education for
the boy, and later sent him to study with Richard Graves at Claverton and at the Dissenting
Academy of Warrington under Gilbert Wakefield.
In 1784 Malthus went up to Jesus College, Cambridge, where his tutor was William Frend. He
read for the mathematical tripos and graduated in 1788, being ninth wrangler; but he also read
widely in French and English history and literature and in Newtonian physics. He had already
shown his interest in the practical rather than the abstract. He played games and lived a full
social life, apparently unaffected by his cleft palate and harelip. The friends he made at
Cambridge influenced the rest of his life; the most important was William Otter (1768