Nassau W. Senior

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Nassau W. Senior was a 19th-century English economist and legal scholar known for his contributions to classical political economy and his role in early labor and poverty reform debates.

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Edwin Chadwick 4
Nassau W. Senior canonical 1
Poor Law Commissioner 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf economist ⓘ
human ⓘ
legal scholar ⓘ
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts ⓘ
Master of Arts ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1790-09-26 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1864-06-04 ⓘ
educatedAt Eton College ⓘ
Magdalen College, Oxford ⓘ
employer University of Oxford ⓘ
endTime 1830 ⓘ
1852 ⓘ
familyName Senior ⓘ
fieldOfWork law ⓘ
political economy ⓘ
social reform ⓘ
givenName Nassau ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf Poor Law Commission ⓘ
movement classical economics ⓘ
name Nassau William Senior ⓘ
notableIdea abstinence theory of capital ⓘ
critique of Malthusian population theory ⓘ
theory of wages based on last hour of labor ⓘ
notableWork An Outline of the Science of Political Economy ⓘ
Letters on the Factory Act ⓘ
On National Property ⓘ
Three Lectures on the Rate of Wages ⓘ
occupation economist ⓘ
jurist ⓘ
legal scholar ⓘ
university professor ⓘ
participantIn debates on the English Poor Laws ⓘ
factory reform debates in 19th-century Britain ⓘ
placeOfBirth Compton, Berkshire, England ⓘ
linked to: Compton, Berkshire
placeOfDeath Kensington, London, England ⓘ
positionHeld Commissioner on the Poor Law Inquiry ⓘ
Drummond Professor of Political Economy at the University of Oxford ⓘ
publicationDate 1830 ⓘ
1836 ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
startTime 1825 ⓘ
1847 ⓘ
workLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Oxford ⓘ

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Thomas Frankland Lewis → positionHeld → Poor Law Commissioner ⓘ
linked to: Nassau W. Senior
Public Health Act 1848 → influencedBy → Edwin Chadwick ⓘ
linked to: Nassau W. Senior
Royal Commission into the Operation of the Poor Laws 1832 → member → Edwin Chadwick ⓘ
linked to: Nassau W. Senior
Poor Law Commission → hasMember → Edwin Chadwick ⓘ
linked to: Nassau W. Senior
Andover workhouse scandal → significantPerson → Edwin Chadwick ⓘ
linked to: Nassau W. Senior