ECONOMIST

James Steuart

1712 - 1780

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Sir James Steuart, 3rd Baronet of Goodtrees and 7th Baronet of Coltness (; 21 October 1712 – 26 November 1780), also known as Sir James Steuart Denham, was a prominent Scottish Jacobite and author of "probably the first systematic treatise written in English about economics" and the first book in English with 'political economy' in the title. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Steuart has received more than 4,998 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). James Steuart is the 316th most popular economist (down from 293rd in 2019), the 3,727th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,581st in 2019) and the 37th most popular British Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, James Steuart ranks 316 out of 414. Before him are Alice Salomon, Jörg Meuthen, Anne Osborn Krueger, Shoshana Zuboff, Walter Block, and José Luis Sampedro. After him are Mariana Mazzucato, John Neville Keynes, Bernard Lietaer, Beatrice Webb, Leonid Abalkin, and Lawrence Summers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1712, James Steuart ranks 22. Before him are Johann Samuel König, Claude Bourgelat, Charles, Prince of Nassau-Usingen, Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff, Konrad Ernst Ackermann, and Karl Friedrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. After him are John Stanley, and Nasir Jung. Among people deceased in 1780, James Steuart ranks 22. Before him are Luis Egidio Meléndez, William Blackstone, Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand, Princess Elisabeth Friederike Sophie of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, and Francesco Antonio Vallotti. After him is John André.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Steuart ranks 3,727 out of 8,785. Before him are Mark Herman (1954), Amlaíb Cuarán (1000), Roy Thomas Baker (1946), Tim McInnerny (1956), Helen Shapiro (1946), and Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet (1783). After him are Barbara Windsor (1937), Winifred McNair (1877), William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong (1810), Joseph Thomson (1858), William Thomas Blanford (1832), and Eliza Acton (1799).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United Kingdom

Among economists born in United Kingdom, James Steuart ranks 37. Before him are Robert Torrens (1780), Nassau William Senior (1790), Roy Harrod (1900), Tony Atkinson (1944), Maurice Dobb (1900), and Colin Clark (1905). After him are John Neville Keynes (1852), Beatrice Webb (1858), Thomas Hodgskin (1787), James Wilson (1805), Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford (1946), and Martin Wolf (1946).

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