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Nassau William Senior
1790–1864
An influential English political economist, he helped shape early 19th-century debates about industry, wages, and public policy. He also wrote widely on social and political questions, leaving a record of a fast-changing Britain and Europe.
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Correspondence & Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville with Nassau William Senior from 1834 to 1859, Volume 2
by Nassau William Senior, Alexis de Tocqueville
Statement of the Provision for the Poor, and of the Condition of the Labouring Classes in a Considerable Portion of America and Europe
by Nassau William Senior
Four Introductory Lectures on Political Economy
by Nassau William Senior
About the author
Born in 1790, he became one of the best-known English political economists of his generation. He studied at Oxford, was trained in law, and went on to hold the Drummond Professorship of Political Economy there.
His writing focused on major economic questions of the day, including labor, population, poor relief, and industrial change. Alongside his academic work, he served in public roles and advised on government matters, which gave his economics a practical, policy-minded tone.
He also kept journals and wrote about conversations with leading political and literary figures, so his work is valuable not only for economic thought but also for its picture of 19th-century intellectual life. He died in 1864.