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    Mal·thus, Thomas Robert
    /ˈmôlTHəs/
    • 1. (1766–1834), English economist and clergyman. In An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798) he argued that without the practice of “moral restraint” the population tends to increase at a greater rate than its means of subsistence, resulting in the population checks of war, famine, and epidemic.

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  2. Mar 25, 2024 · Thomas Malthus, English economist and demographer who is best known for his theory that population growth will always tend to outrun the food supply and that betterment of humankind is impossible without stern limits on reproduction. This thinking is commonly referred to as Malthusianism.

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  3. 3 days ago · Thomas Malthus: An 18th-century British philosopher and economist famous for his ideas about population growth. Malthus' population theories were outlined in his book, "An Essay on the Principle ...

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  4. Thomas Robert Malthus FRS ( / ˈmælθəs /; 13/14 February 1766 – 29 December 1834) [1] was an English economist, cleric, and scholar influential in the fields of political economy and demography. [2] In his 1798 book An Essay on the Principle of Population, Malthus observed that an increase in a nation's food production improved the well ...

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  6. Feb 2, 2022 · The Malthusian Theory of Population Definition. The Malthusian Theory of Population is a theory of exponential population growth and arithmetic food supply growth. Thomas Robert Malthus, an English cleric, and scholar, published this theory in his 1798 writings, An Essay on the Principle of Population. Malthus believed that through preventative ...

  7. Thomas Robert Malthus was born near Guildford, Surrey in February 1766. His father was prosperous but unconventional and educated his son at home. Malthus went on to Cambridge University, earning ...

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