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Thomas Chalmers

1780 - 1847

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Thomas Chalmers (17 March 1780 – 31 May 1847), was a Scottish Presbyterian minister, professor of theology, political economist, and a leader of both the Church of Scotland and of the Free Church of Scotland. He has been called "Scotland's greatest nineteenth-century churchman". He served as Vice-president of the Royal Society of Edinburgh from 1835 to 1842. The New Zealand town of Port Chalmers was named after Chalmers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Chalmers is the 390th most popular economist (down from 381st in 2024), the 6,133rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,906th in 2019) and the 48th most popular British Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Thomas Chalmers ranks 390 out of 414. Before him are Michael Albert, Sri Mulyani, Alberto Alesina, Martin Wolf, Natalie Jaresko, and Clara Ponsatí. After him are Lee Ju-ho, Andrei Shleifer, László Andor, Sławomir Skrzypek, Carlos Moedas, and Corinne Maier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1780, Thomas Chalmers ranks 59. Before him are Edward Hicks, Robert Torrens, Richard Rush, Robert Smirke, William J. Duane, and Israel Pickens.  Among people deceased in 1847, Thomas Chalmers ranks 47. Before him are Vicente Rocafuerte, Grace Aguilar, Luis José de Orbegoso, José de Palafox y Melci, 1st Duke of Zaragoza, Manuel Menéndez, and Mary Lamb.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Chalmers ranks 6,129 out of 8,785. After him are Alesha Dixon (1978), Jimmy McCulloch (1953), Sophie Ellis-Bextor (1979), Graeme Obree (1965), June Foulds (1934), Ashley Jensen (1969), Chris Stringer (1947), Iain Duncan Smith (1954), Nick Fry (1956), Angela Scoular (1945), Marc Quinn (1964), and Ben Green (1977).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United Kingdom

Among economists born in United Kingdom, Thomas Chalmers ranks 48. Before him are Thomas Hodgskin (1787), John Neville Keynes (1852), Robert Torrens (1780), James Wilson (1805), Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford (1946), and Martin Wolf (1946). After him are Sajid Javid (1969).

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