Thomas Edward Cliffe Leslie
Thomas Edward Cliffe Leslie (born June 21, 1825 in the county of Wexford , † January 27, 1882 in Belfast ) was a British economist .
Life
Thomas Edward Cliffe Leslie studied in Dublin and London , became a lawyer in 1848 and a professor of political economy at Queen's College in Belfast in 1853 .
He wrote mostly shorter essays, the most important of which were combined by himself into two collections: Land systems in Ireland, England and the continent (1870) and Essays in political and moral philosophy (1879).
1871 Leslie fought in his work Financial reform the indirect tax . For a number of years, Leslie had had a major work in the making which was to shed light on political economy from a historical point of view. However, while Leslie was touring the continent in 1872, the manuscript was lost as a result of an unfortunate accident.
literature
- Leslie, Thomas Edward Cliffe . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 16 : L - Lord Advocate . London 1911, p. 492 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Leslie, Thomas Edward Cliffe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Leslie, Cliffe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British economist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 21, 1825 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wexford county |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 27, 1882 |
| Place of death | Belfast |