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Harriet Martineau

1802 - 1876

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Harriet Martineau (12 June 1802 – 27 June 1876) was an English social theorist. She wrote from a sociological, holistic, religious and feminine angle, translated works by Auguste Comte, and, rare for a woman writer at the time, earned enough to support herself. Martineau advised a focus on all aspects of society, including the role of the home in domestic life as well as key political, religious, and social institutions. The young Princess Victoria enjoyed her work and invited her to her coronation in 1838. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Harriet Martineau is the 173rd most popular economist (down from 123rd in 2019), the 1,722nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,017th in 2019) and the 25th most popular British Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Harriet Martineau ranks 173 out of 414. Before her are Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Ernst Engel, Raymond Barre, Oskar R. Lange, Robert B. Wilson, and Michał Kalecki. After her are Henry Sidgwick, Henry George, Jim Rogers, Oliver Hart, Piero Sraffa, and Eli Heckscher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1802, Harriet Martineau ranks 26. Before her are Germain Henri Hess, Charlotte Bonaparte, Charles Auguste de Bériot, Johann Friedrich von Brandt, Leopold Fitzinger, and Ignacy Domeyko. After her are Robert Chambers, Paul-Émile Botta, Arnold Ruge, Frederick William, Elector of Hesse, Carl Ritter von Ghega, and Mariano Arista. Among people deceased in 1876, Harriet Martineau ranks 27. Before her are Philipp Mainländer, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Ferenc Deák, Infanta Isabel Maria of Braganza, Duchess Caroline Mariane of Mecklenburg, and Juan Pablo Duarte. After her are Joseph Jenkins Roberts, Eugène Fromentin, Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart, Friedrich Christian Diez, Charlotte Cushman, and Karl Eichwald.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Harriet Martineau ranks 1,722 out of 8,785. Before her are Eddie the Eagle (1963), Mary Norton (1903), Ian Wilmut (1944), Dorothy L. Sayers (1893), John Newton (1725), and Christine McVie (1943). After her are Edward Gordon Craig (1872), Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770), Prince William, Duke of Cumberland (1721), Matthew Flinders (1774), John Charles (1931), and Steven Gerrard (1980).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United Kingdom

Among economists born in United Kingdom, Harriet Martineau ranks 25. Before her are Thomas Mun (1571), James Mirrlees (1936), James Mill (1773), Clive Granger (1934), Tony Atkinson (1944), and Angus Deaton (1945). After her are Henry Sidgwick (1838), Oliver Hart (1948), Kenneth E. Boulding (1910), Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield (1859), Joan Robinson (1903), and Israel Kirzner (1930).

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