Talk:William Petty
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I'm not sure who created the William Petty page, but the second sentence is either a typo or vandalism.
[edit] MP
What about his membership in English Parlament? Britanica say yes, wiki is ambigious.
[edit] Some additions
I added a few items. Tidied up the introduction -- that he surveyed land in Ireland is historic fact, as is the context in which he did it.
I changed the reference from 'scientist' to 'economist and scientist'. I'm not sure he was a scientist, though he was an inventor. Philosopher, definitely.
--GwydionM 20:05, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Gresham Prof
It seems likely (from the dates and titles) that this is the Sir William Petty FRS who was Gresham Professor of Music 1650/1-1660/1 ( the post presumably being given as a sinecure). Can anyone confirm this? JackyR 02:45, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
- Yes, among many other things he was also Gresham Professor of Music. I will dig up some more biographical info, I have a few sources on him. I have also changed the category, he belongs to a period well before classical economics, therefore I have changed it to Preclassical economics. In the box I couldn't change the "classical economics", because there is no article on Preclassical economics (yet). Robertsch55 09:36, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
