Clement-Jones family 12/22 - Person Sheet
Clement-Jones family 12/22 - Person Sheet
NameBonamy PRICE, 7293
Birth1807
Death1888
EducationWorcester College Oxford
Spouses
1Lydia ROSE, 7287
Birth1811
Death1891
FatherRev Joseph ROSE , 5006 (1784-1822)
MotherLydia BABINGTON , 5005 (1789-1880)
Marriage1834
Notes for Bonamy PRICE
Bonamy Price was an English political economist.

Life

He was born at St Peter Port, Guernsey, and entered at Worcester College, Oxford, in 1825, where he took a double first in 1829. From 1830 to 1850 he was an assistant master at Rugby school. He then lived for some years in London, being engaged in business and literary work, and was appointed to serve on various royal commissions. He married in 1864.

In 1868 he was elected Drummond Professor of Political Economy at Oxford, and was thrice re-elected to the post, which he held till his death. In 1883 he was elected an honorary fellow of his college. In addition to his professorial work, he was in much request as a popular lecturer on political economy. He died in London.

His principal publications, exclusive of pamphlets, were: The Principles of Currency (1869), Currency and Banking (1876), Chapters on Practical Political Economy (1878).

U.S. Senator from Missouri Carl Schurz quoted extensively from one of Price's treatises during his Senate speech of January 14, 1874.
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