English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge used "capitalist" in his work Table Talk (1823). Pierre-Joseph Proudhon used the term in his first work, What is Property? (1840), to refer to the owners of capital.
In his writings, Samuel Taylor Coleridge employed the word "capitalist" in his work "Table Talk" (1823). Pierre-Joseph Proudhon used the term in his first book, "What is Property?" (1840), to describe the owners of capital.