William Spence
| William Spence | |||||||
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| Born | 1783 | ||||||
| Died | 1860 | ||||||
| Occupation | academic | ||||||
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ESL Council 1847-48 Member
ESL Council 1848-49 Member
ESL Council 1849-50 Member
ESL Council 1850-51 Member
ESL Council 1851-52 Member
ESL Council 1852-53 Member
ESL Council 1853-54 Member
ESL Council 1854-55 Member
House Notes
Committee to consider future of Society Apr 1849; sub-committee to report on another volume 1853
Notes From Elsewhere
William Spence (c.1783 – 6 January 1860) was a British economist and entomologist.[1]
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in April 1834.
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External Publications
with leading entomologist William Kirby. Together they wrote Introduction to Entomology, published in four volumes between 1815 and 1826, the first popular book on entomology in English. Spence also published some 20 notes on entomology.
In 1822, he also published Tracts on Political Economy Viz. 1. Britain Independent of Commerce; 2. Agriculture the Source of Wealth; 3. The Objections Against the Corn Bill Refuted; 4. Speech on the East India Trade. With Prefatory Remarks on the Causes and Cure of Our Present Distresses as Originating from Neglect of Principles Laid Down in These Works (London: Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1822).
