- Richard Henry Tawney
- nounEnglish economist remembered for his studies of the development of capitalism (1880-1962)• Syn: ↑Tawney• Instance Hypernyms: ↑economist, ↑economic expert
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Tawney, Richard Henry — born Nov. 30, 1880, Calcutta, India died Jan. 16, 1962, London, Eng. English economic historian. He was educated at Rugby School and at the University of Oxford, where he wrote his first major work, The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century… … Universalium
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Tawney — noun English economist remembered for his studies of the development of capitalism (1880 1962) • Syn: ↑Richard Henry Tawney • Instance Hypernyms: ↑economist, ↑economic expert * * * /taw nee/, adj., tawnier, tawniest, n. tawny … Useful english dictionary
Tawney, Richard Henry — (30 nov. 1880, Calcuta, India– 16 ene. 1962, Londres, Inglaterra). Historiador de economía inglés. Se educó en Rugby School y en la Universidad de Oxford, donde escribió su primera obra importante, El problema agrario en el s. XVI (1912). Desde… … Enciclopedia Universal
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