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Definition of Thomas Robert Malthus
1. Noun. An English economist who argued that increases in population would outgrow increases in the means of subsistence (1766-1834).
Generic synonyms: Economic Expert, Economist
Derivative terms: Malthusian
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thomas Robert Malthus
Literary usage of Thomas Robert Malthus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History Critical and by Robert Chambers, David Patrick (1902)
"Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834), author of the £ssay on the Principle of
Population, was born of good family at his father's estate near Dorking, ..."
2. Introduction to Economics by John Roscoe Turner (1919)
"Environment of Thomas Robert Malthus. 15. The Malthusian theory. 16. The persistence
of the doctrine. 17. Rates of birth and death. 18. ..."
3. The Life and Writings of Thomas R. Malthus by Charles Robert Drysdale (1892)
"... that he was a denizen of the century ; and that he lived most part of his life
in the neighbourhood of London. Thomas Robert Malthus was born at the ..."
4. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1851)
"He was the author of several works, published anonymously, which met with
considerable success. Thomas Robert Malthus, who was his second son, ..."
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