ECONOMIST

James Steuart

1712 - 1780

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Sir James Steuart, 3rd Baronet of Goodtrees and 7th Baronet of Coltness (; 21 October 1712 – 26 November 1780), also known as Sir James Steuart Denham, was a prominent Scottish Jacobite and author of "probably the first systematic treatise written in English about economics" and the first book in English with 'political economy' in the title. He assumed the surname of Denham late in life; he inherited his cousin's baronetcy of Coltness in 1773. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Steuart is the 217th most popular economist (up from 316th in 2019), the 2,408th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,728th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular British Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, James Steuart ranks 217 out of 414. Before him are Frank Knight, Fritz Machlup, Giovanni Arrighi, Abba P. Lerner, Mahbub ul Haq, and Nicholas Kaldor. After him are David D. Friedman, Mancur Olson, Henry Hazlitt, William Baumol, Martín de Azpilcueta, and Bertrand de Jouvenel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1712, James Steuart ranks 17. Before him are George Grenville, Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, Francesco Algarotti, Jacques Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay, Toriyama Sekien, and John Stanley. After him are Karl Friedrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Johann Samuel König, Konrad Ernst Ackermann, Charles, Prince of Nassau-Usingen, Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff, and Claude Bourgelat. Among people deceased in 1780, James Steuart ranks 19. Before him are Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Victor Amadeus II, Prince of Carignano, Johann Ludwig Krebs, William Blackstone, Princess Elisabeth Friederike Sophie of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, and Luis Egidio Meléndez. After him are Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand, Francesco Antonio Vallotti, and John André.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Steuart ranks 2,408 out of 8,785. Before him are David Tennant (1971), Sherburne Wesley Burnham (1838), Joseph Fiennes (1970), Gary Glitter (1944), Claude Choules (1901), and James Stephenson (1889). After him are Cynewulf of Wessex (750), Derek Warwick (1954), Catherine of York (1479), Ian Stewart (1945), The Edge (1961), and William Kingdon Clifford (1845).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United Kingdom

Among economists born in United Kingdom, James Steuart ranks 32. Before him are Henry Sidgwick (1838), Oliver Hart (1948), Kenneth E. Boulding (1910), Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield (1859), Joan Robinson (1903), and Israel Kirzner (1930). After him are Mervyn King, Baron King of Lothbury (1948), Colin Clark (1905), Harold Laski (1893), Roy Harrod (1900), Maurice Dobb (1900), and G. D. H. Cole (1889).

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