Anderson, James
Record IDcnp00390973
URIhttp://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cnp00390973
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Biographical Data1739 - 1808
Last Edit2023-11-03
General Note
Agriculteur. Économiste.
Agriculturist and political economist. Born Hermiston, nr Edinburgh. Inherited a large farm there at 15. Married Margaret Seton, 1768, and took over her farm at Monkshill, Aberdeenshire. Early adherent of the principles of political economy. Noted for his use of the newly designed two-horse plough at Monkshill. Large body of publications, and said to have 14 aliases. Very concerned with the highland economy and its growth points. Became friends with Jeremy Bentham in 1776-93. Was involved in Bentham's plan for the Panopticon and was expected to bid for managing it. Moved to Edinburgh, 1783, and from there made visits to London. LLD, University of Aberdeen, 1786. Published a weekly paper in Edinburgh, 1790-4. Moved to Middlesex, 1797. Produced a monthly journal 1797-1802. Died at West Ham, Essex, 1808.
See also ta011129. - Economist
Allgemeinarzt bei der East India Company in Madras, Mitglied der Royal Society of Edinburgh, der American Philosoph. Society und derSociety of Planters at St. Helena; Brit. Arzt
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M.D.
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Further Biographical Data1739-1808
1739-1808
23.05.1739-15.10.1808
1739-1808
-05.10.1808. Sterbedatum in BBA mit Fragezeichen versehen
d. 1826
1824-
Dates of Activityvor 1798
ca. vor 1798
Intellectual ResponsibilityAuteur
Primary Language(s)English
ActivityPersonen zu Wirtschaftswissenschaften (10.2dp) (sswd)
Agrarwissenschaftler (gnd)
Wirtschaftswissenschaftler (gnd)
Gutsbesitzer; Edinburgh (Wirkungsort); Landwirtschaftslehrer
Redakteur (gnd)
Kolonialarzt
M.D.
Physiker (gnd)
Geographic NoteGB (iso3166)
Großbritannien
NationalityBritish
Place of Activity
Place of ActivityLondon
Wirkungsort Names
HeadingAnderson, James
used in: Common Library Network (GBV), Göttingen (Germany); Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
Anderson, James
used in: The University of Aberdeen Library
Anderson, James
used in: Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany
Anderson, James, LL.D., of Monk's Hill, Aberdeenshire
used in: British Library: English Short Title Catalogue - GK Heading, London (United Kingdom)
Anderson, James
used in: British Library: English Short Title Catalogue - AACR2 Heading, London (United Kingdom); Common Library Network (GBV), Göttingen (Germany)
Anderson, James
used in: Common Library Network (GBV), Göttingen (Germany)
Anderson, James
used in: British Library: English Short Title Catalogue - AACR2 Heading, London (United Kingdom)
Anderson, James, Surgeon to the 60th Regiment of Foot
used in: British Library: English Short Title Catalogue - GK Heading, London (United Kingdom)
Variant NameAnderson
1897
Anderson, Jacob
Anderson, Jakob
Anderson, James
1739-1808. -- LoC
Anderson, Doctor
Mercator
Timoleon
PseudonymAberdeen, E.
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Agricola
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Alcibiades
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Cimon
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Germanicus
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Hater of Impudence Pedantry Affectation, A
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Impartial
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Plain, Henry
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Scot, A
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Scoto-Britanicus
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Senex
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Timoleon
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Timothy Hairbrain
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Sources
Found inOxford DNB (2012-12-12). — The New Pelgrave : a dictionary of economics, 1988. — Pre-classical economists. Vol. 2 / M. Blaug, 1991. — LOC. — DNB. — BBA I 25 u. II 1252. — LCAuth. — LCNA(AACR2). — GK55. — DNB. — NUC. — BBA. — GK55. — NUC. — NLM
Imprint SourcesDrei Schriften über Korngesetze und Grundrente / James Anderson ; [traduit de l'anglais], 1893
The New Pelgrave : a Dictionary of Economics, 1988
Essays relating to agriculture and rural affairs. - 1775
Miscellaneous observations on planting and training timber-trees. - 1777
Observations on the means of exciting a spirit of national industry
A practical treatise on draining bogs and swampy grounds .... - 1797
Drei Schriften über Korngesetze und Grundrente. -1893
Essays relating to agriculture and rural affairs
Nachrichten von dem gegenwärt. Zustande der hebridischen Inseln. - 1789
Journal of the Establishment of Nupal and Tuna for the prevention or cure of scurvy, dysentery and ulcers on shipbord and navigation. - 1808
Letters on the subject of the cochineal insects discovered at Madras. - 1788
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