James Edwin Thorold Rogers
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James Edwin Thorold Rogers (1823 – 1890), known as Thorold Rogers, English economist, was born at West Meon, Hampshire.
He was educated at King's College London and Magdalen Hall, Oxford. After taking a first-class degree in 1846, he received his MA in 1849 from Magdalen and was ordained. A High Church man, he was curate of St. Paul's in Oxford, and acted voluntarily as assistant curate at Headington from 1854 to 1858, until his views changed and he turned to politics. He became the first Tooke Professor of Statistics and Economic Science at King's College London, from 1859 until his death. During this time he also held the Drummond professorship of political economy at Oxford 1862-67 and was M.P. for Southwark 1880-85 and Bermondsey 1885-86. Rogers also lectured in political economy at Worcester College, Oxford in 1883 and was re-elected Drummond professor in 1888.
For some time the classics were the chief field of his activity. He devoted himself a good deal to classical and philosophical tuition in Oxford with success, and his publications included an edition of Aristotle's Ethics (in 1865). Simultaneously with these occupations he had been studying economics. In this he was friend and follower of Richard Cobden, who he met during his first tenure as Drummond professor. A radical and a political agitator, he was instrumental in obtaining the Clerical Disabilities Relief Act, of which he was the first beneficiary, becoming the first man to legally withdraw from his clerical vows in 1870. His most influential work was the 6-volume History of Agriculture and Prices in England from 1259 to 1795.
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A History of Agriculture and Prices in England from 1259 to 1793 (1866–1902) Protests of the Lords (1875)
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- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
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| Preceded by: Edward George Clarke Marcus Beresford |
Member of Parliament for Southwark 2-seat constituency (with Arthur Cohen) 1880–1885 |
Succeeded by: (constituency abolished) |
| Preceded by: (new constituency) |
Member of Parliament for Bermondsey 1885–1886 |
Succeeded by: Alfred Lafone |
