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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 and Sir James Denham Steuart, 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 4,681 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. James Steuart is the 296th most popular economist, the 3,589th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 39th most popular British Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, James Steuart ranks 296 out of 315Before him are Jesús Huerta de Soto, José Luis Sampedro, Robert Rubin, Bernard Lietaer, Paul A. Baran, and Charles P. Kindleberger. After him are Abhijit Banerjee, Michel Chossudovsky, Leonid Abalkin, Walter Block, Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, and José Ángel Gurría.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1712, James Steuart ranks 21Before him are Charles-Michel de l'Épée, Johann Samuel König, Konrad Ernst Ackermann, Claude Bourgelat, Charles, Prince of Nassau-Usingen, and Karl Friedrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. After him is Nasir Jung. Among people deceased in 1780, James Steuart ranks 19Before him are Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Johann Ludwig Krebs, William Blackstone, Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand, and Hiraga Gennai. After him is John André.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Steuart ranks 3,589 out of 7,765Before him are Constance Collier (1878), William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim (1891), Russell Brand (1975), Malcolm MacDonald (1901), Antonio Pappano (1959), and Aneka (1947). After him are Aneirin (525), James Legge (1815), Ælfric of Eynsham (955), Richard Pococke (1704), Jake Weber (1963), and Martin Gilbert (1936).

Among ECONOMISTS In United Kingdom

Among economists born in United Kingdom, James Steuart ranks 39Before him are Colin Clark (1905), Tony Atkinson (1944), Antony C. Sutton (1925), Maurice Dobb (1900), John Neville Keynes (1852), and Beatrice Webb (1858). After him are James Wilson (1805), Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford (1946), Thomas Hodgskin (1787), Sajid Javid (1969), and Thomas Chalmers (1780).