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Thomas Hodgskin

1787 - 1869

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Thomas Hodgskin (12 December 1787 – 21 August 1869) was an English socialist writer on political economy, critic of capitalism and defender of free trade and early trade unions. His views differ from some of the views later assigned to the word 'socialism'. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the term socialist included any opponent of capitalism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Hodgskin is the 351st most popular economist (down from 332nd in 2019), the 4,820th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,076th in 2019) and the 40th most popular British Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Thomas Hodgskin ranks 351 out of 414. Before him are Gottfried Haberler, Tatyana Golikova, Gunter Pauli, Fischer Black, Edith Abbott, and Justin Yifu Lin. After him are John Neville Keynes, Henry Charles Carey, Robert Torrens, Jagdish Bhagwati, James Wilson, and Fatih Birol.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1787, Thomas Hodgskin ranks 54. Before him are Samuel Cunard, Josephine Kablick, Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Hochstetter, Edward Blore, José Tomás Ovalle, and Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet. After him are Emma Willard, John J. Crittenden, and Mary Russell Mitford. Among people deceased in 1869, Thomas Hodgskin ranks 63. Before him are Robert J. Walker, José Hilario López, Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough, Charles Sturt, Peter Mark Roget, and John Cassin. After him are Henry Jarvis Raymond, Mary Ward, John Bell, William P. Fessenden, Benjamin Fitzpatrick, and Edward Bates.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Hodgskin ranks 4,821 out of 8,785. Before him are Holly Johnson (1960), Matt Hancock (1978), Guy Simonds (1903), Louise Rayner (1832), George Montagu (1751), and Jack Davenport (1973). After him are John Neville Keynes (1852), Arthur Symons (1865), Donald Dewar (1937), Mark Mazower (1958), Michelle Ryan (1984), and Spottiswoode Aitken (1868).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United Kingdom

Among economists born in United Kingdom, Thomas Hodgskin ranks 40. Before him are Colin Clark (1905), Harold Laski (1893), Roy Harrod (1900), Maurice Dobb (1900), G. D. H. Cole (1889), and Nassau William Senior (1790). After him are John Neville Keynes (1852), Robert Torrens (1780), James Wilson (1805), Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford (1946), Martin Wolf (1946), and Thomas Chalmers (1780).

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