ECONOMIST

James Wilson

1805 - 1860

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James Wilson (3 June 1805 – 11 August 1860) was a Scottish businessman, economist, and Liberal politician who founded The Economist weekly and the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, which merged with Standard Bank in 1969 to form Standard Chartered. He was the first Finance Member of the Viceroy's Executive Council from December 1859 until his death in August 1860. Sent there to put order into the chaos that followed the "Sepoy Mutiny" of 1857, he presented India's first budget, and was responsible for the government accounting system, Pay Office, and audit, apart from government paper currency, Indian Police, a Military Finance Commission, and a Civil Finance Commission. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Wilson is the 356th most popular economist (down from 339th in 2019), the 4,902nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,296th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular British Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, James Wilson ranks 356 out of 414. Before him are Justin Yifu Lin, Thomas Hodgskin, John Neville Keynes, Henry Charles Carey, Robert Torrens, and Jagdish Bhagwati. After him are Fatih Birol, Frank Fetter, Mariana Mazzucato, Erik Lindahl, Arkady Dvorkovich, and W. Michael Blumenthal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1805, James Wilson ranks 76. Before him are Samuel Ryan Curtis, William Harrison Ainsworth, Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg, Samuel Palmer, Sarah Fuller Flower Adams, and Tomás Frías. After him are Salustiano de Olózaga y Almandoz, Angelina Grimké, and Horatio Greenough. Among people deceased in 1860, James Wilson ranks 64. Before him are Carl Edvard Rotwitt, Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann, Francisco Ruiz-Tagle, William Martin Leake, Casimiro de Abreu, and Thomas Brisbane. After him are John Nelson, Rembrandt Peale, and Samuel D. Ingham.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Wilson ranks 4,903 out of 8,785. Before him are Fred Davis (1913), Peter Hall (1930), Paula Yates (1959), Mischa Barton (1986), Jamie Bell (1986), and Lynn Fontanne (1887). After him are Ewen Bremner (1972), Olivia Manning (1908), Brian Cox (1968), Calvert Vaux (1824), Omid Djalili (1965), and Simon Blackburn (1944).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United Kingdom

Among economists born in United Kingdom, James Wilson ranks 43. Before him are Maurice Dobb (1900), G. D. H. Cole (1889), Nassau William Senior (1790), Thomas Hodgskin (1787), John Neville Keynes (1852), and Robert Torrens (1780). After him are Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford (1946), Martin Wolf (1946), Thomas Chalmers (1780), and Sajid Javid (1969).

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