TUCKER, JOSIAH (1712-1799)
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TUCKER, JOSIAH (1712-1799) , English economist and divine, the son of a small Welsh farmer, was born at Laugharne, Carmarthenshire , in 1712. He was educated at St John's College, Oxford See Also: - OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
, and became successively a curate and rector in Bristol. This led him to take considerable interest in politics and trade , and during the greater portion of a long life he poured out a succession of pamphlets on these matters. He was appointed dean of Gloucester in 1758. He died on the 4th of November 1799, and was buried in Gloucester Cathedral . His Important Questioss on Commerce (1755) was translated into French by Turgot.
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