Martineau,Harriet

Martineau,Harriet
Mar·ti·neau (märʹtn-ō), Harriet. 1802-1876.
British writer whose Illustrations of Political Economy (1832-1834) explained the theories of Thomas Robert Malthus, John Stuart Mill, and David Ricardo.

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  • Martineau, Harriet — born June 12, 1802, Norwich, Norfolk, Eng. died June 27, 1876, near Ambleside, Westmorland English essayist, novelist, and economic and historical writer. She became prominent among English intellectuals of her time despite deafness and other… …   Universalium

  • Martineau, Harriet — (1802 76) Harriet Martineau was effectively the first woman sociologist. Martineau, who was English, wrote the first systematic treatise in sociology, carried out numerous cross national comparative studies of social institutions, and was the… …   Dictionary of sociology

  • Martineau, Harriet — (12 jun. 1802, Norwich, Norfolk, Inglaterra–27 jun. 1876, cerca de Ambleside, Westmorland). Ensayista inglesa, novelista y escritora sobre temas económicos e históricos. Se transformó en una figura prominente entre los intelectuales ingleses de… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • MARTINEAU, HARRIET —    English authoress, born at Norwich; a lady with little or no genius but with considerable intellectual ability, and not without an honest zeal for the progress of the species ; she was what is called an advanced thinker, and was a disciple of… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • Martineau, Harriet — (1802 1876)    Novelist and economist, b. at Norwich, where her f., descended from a French family, was a manufacturer. From her earliest years she was delicate and very deaf, and took to literary pursuits as an amusement. Afterwards, when her f …   Short biographical dictionary of English literature

  • Martineau — Martineau, Harriet …   Dictionary of sociology

  • Harriet Martineau — (* 12. Juni 1802 in Norwich, Norfolkshire; † 27. Juni 1876 bei Ambleside, Westmoreland, Grafschaft Cumbria) war eine britische Schriftstellerin, die vor allem in gemeinverständlicher Art die reformbewußten politischen und naturwissens …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Harriet Martineau — en 1834 …   Wikipedia Español

  • Harriet Martineau — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Martineau. Harriet Martineau …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Harriet — (as used in expressions) Martineau, Harriet Monroe, Harriet Stowe, Harriet Beecher Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Tubman, Harriet Wilson, Harriet E. Harriet E. Adams …   Enciclopedia Universal

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