Ricardo, David 1772-1823
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Born 1772 · died 1823
David Ricardo was a British economist and politician. He is recognized as one of the most influential classical economists, alongside figures such as Thomas Malthus, Adam Smith and James Mill.
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Correspondence received, with a few copies of out-letters. Includes much correspondence with economists, but also letters on estate, family, business and club affairs. Commonplace books, notes, a continental tour journal and the manuscripts of some works not published in his lifetime. (Kept with these are his letters to Malthus, Mill and Wilkinson. )
Ricardo papers, Cambridge UL, Add. MS. 7510.
A bound volume of letters to members of the Ricardo family, on financial matters, 32 items, 1819-1843. Items 1-7 are to David
Ricardo, 1819-1823, and several of the others deal with his estate. Ricardo papers, British Library of Political and Economic Science (BLPES)
Printed Material
Works and Correspondence of David Ricardo , ed. Piero Sraffa, 11. vols. (London, 1951-1973).
Vols. 6-9 are Ricardo's complete known correspondence. For the online version see http://oll.libertyfund.org/Home3/Book.php?recordID=0687.01
New Palgrave; ODNB; ESS XIII 378; IESS XIII 507.
Portraits: BL(P); NPG(A); see Works and Correspondence (above).