malthus

Malthus in 1834
Born 13/14 February 1766

The Reverend Thomas Robert Malthus FRS

Field Demography macroeconomics
School or tradition Classical economics

Influences David Ricardo William Godwin Adam Smith David Hume Edward Gibbon VoltaireJean-Jaques Rousseau Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi

Contributions Malthusian growth model

Part of a series on Economics

Thomas Robert Malthus FRS (/ˈmælθəs/; 13/14 February 1766 – 29 December 1834) was an English economist, cleric, and scholar influential in the fields of political economy and demography.