Malthus

[ mal-thuhs ]

noun
  1. Thomas Robert, 1766–1834, English economist and clergyman.

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Malthus

/ (ˈmælθəs) /


noun
  1. Thomas Robert. 1766–1834, English economist. He propounded his population theory in An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798)

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