thomas robert malthus wrote an essay on the principle of population.
thomas robert malthus wrote an essay on the principle of population.
who wrote an essay on the principle of population?
thomas robert malthus
an essay on the principle of population









































the book an essay on the principle of population was first published anonymously in 1798, but the author was soon identified as thomas robert malthus. the book predicted a grim future, as population would increase geometrically, doubling every 25 years, but food production would only grow arithmetically, which would result in famine and starvation, unless births were controlled.
an essay on the principle of population
bullet::::- 1823: malthus contributed the article on "population" to the supplement of the encyclopædia britannica.









































bullet::::- 1830: malthus had a long extract from the 1823 article reprinted as "a summary view of the principle of population".









































section::::1st edition.









































the full title of the first edition of malthus' essay was ""an essay on the principle of population, as it affects the future improvement of society with remarks on the speculations of mr. godwin, m. condorcet, and other writers."" the speculations and other writers are explained below.
an essay on the principle of population