Josiah Child

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Josiah Child was a 17th-century English merchant, economist, and governor of the East India Company known for his influential writings on trade and economic policy.

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instanceOf English merchant ⓘ
businessperson ⓘ
economist ⓘ
human ⓘ
politician ⓘ
writer ⓘ
activeInPeriod 17th century ⓘ
boardMemberOf East India Company ⓘ
child Richard Child, 1st Earl Tylney ⓘ
constituencyRepresented Dartmouth ⓘ
Petersfield ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateOfBirth c. 1630 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 22 June 1699 ⓘ
describedAs influential writer on trade and economic policy ⓘ
educatedAt Merchant Taylors' School, London ⓘ
employer East India Company ⓘ
fieldOfWork economics ⓘ
mercantilism ⓘ
political economy ⓘ
trade policy ⓘ
genre economic literature ⓘ
political treatise ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Parliament of England ⓘ
movement mercantilism ⓘ
notableIdea advocacy of low interest rates ⓘ
state regulation of trade ⓘ
support for navigation laws ⓘ
notableWork A New Discourse of Trade ⓘ
occupation business executive ⓘ
economist ⓘ
merchant ⓘ
politician ⓘ
writer ⓘ
owned Wanstead estate ⓘ
linked to: Wanstead House
parliamentaryTerm House of Commons of England ⓘ
placeOfBirth London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
placeOfDeath Wanstead, Essex ⓘ
linked to: Wanstead
positionHeld Governor of the East India Company ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
residence Wanstead House ⓘ
socialClass gentry ⓘ
spouse Elizabeth Cooke ⓘ
linked to: Anne Cooke

Mary Atwood ⓘ

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