Thomas Hodgskin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Thomas Hodgskin

British writer

Date of Birth: 12-Dec-1787

Place of Birth: Chatham, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 21-Aug-1869

Profession: writer, economist, journalist

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Thomas Hodgskin (12 December 1787 – 21 August 1869) was an English socialist writer on political economy, critic of capitalism and defender of free trade and early trade unions.
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the term socialist included any opponent of capitalism, at the time defined as a construed political system built on privileges for the owners of capital.