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Thomas Mun

1571 - 1641

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Sir Thomas Mun (17 June 1571 – 21 July 1641) was an English writer on economics and is often referred to as the last of the early mercantilists. Most notably, he is known for serving as the director of the East India Company. Due to his strong belief in the state and his prior experience as a merchant, Mun took on a prominent role during the economic depression which began in 1620. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Mun has received more than 151,298 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Thomas Mun is the 81st most popular economist (up from 82nd in 2019), the 737th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 726th in 2019) and the 15th most popular British Economist.

Thomas Malthus was a British scholar who is most famous for his essay "An Essay on the Principle of Population" which argued that population growth would outpace the food supply, leading to famine and starvation.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Thomas Mun ranks 81 out of 414. Before him are John Kenneth Galbraith, W. Edwards Deming, Eugen Dühring, Reinhard Selten, James Mill, and Jean-Claude Trichet. After him are Franz Oppenheimer, Richard Thaler, Edmund Phelps, Lawrence Klein, James M. Buchanan, and Alfred Weber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1571, Thomas Mun ranks 8. Before him are Caravaggio, Abbas the Great, Frederick de Houtman, Hasekura Tsunenaga, Emperor Go-Yōzei, and Michael Praetorius. After him are Mulla Sadra, Ferdinand, Prince of Asturias, Willem Blaeu, Charles, Duke of Guise, Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, 2nd Count of Bucquoy, and Paulus Moreelse. Among people deceased in 1641, Thomas Mun ranks 5. Before him are Anthony van Dyck, Gwanghaegun of Joseon, Domenichino, and Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria. After him are Jane Frances de Chantal, Jan Janszoon, Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, Johan Banér, George, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg, Jeremiah Horrocks, and Hedwig of Denmark.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Mun ranks 737 out of 8,785. Before him are John of Salisbury (1110), Jude Law (1972), Alexander R. Todd (1907), James Mill (1773), Ronald Fisher (1890), and Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738). After him are H. H. Asquith (1852), William John Macquorn Rankine (1820), Percy Fawcett (1867), Tom Jones (1940), Alfred Molina (1953), and J. L. Austin (1911).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United Kingdom

Among economists born in United Kingdom, Thomas Mun ranks 15. Before him are Ronald Coase (1910), William Stanley Jevons (1835), John Hicks (1904), Benjamin Graham (1894), Arthur Cecil Pigou (1877), and James Mill (1773). After him are Richard Stone (1913), Joan Robinson (1903), Harriet Martineau (1802), James Meade (1907), Angus Deaton (1945), and Clive Granger (1934).

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