Robert Pashley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Robert Pashley

British economist

Date of Birth: 04-Sep-1805

Place of Birth: York, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 29-May-1859

Profession: economist

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Robert Pashley (4 September 1805 – 29 May 1859) was a 19th-century English traveller and economist. Pashley was born in York and he studied at Trinity College, Cambridge.
Distinguished in mathematics and Classics, in 1830 he was elected a Fellow of Trinity at his first sitting.
In 1832 he took his MA degree, and as a travelling Fellow undertook a journey in Italy, Greece, Asia Minor and Crete, of which he published his two-volume Travels in Crete.
His work is considered a classic of writing on the Ottoman Empire, with his detailed observations on local geography, customs, and social issues. 1837: Called to the Bar by the Society of Inner Temple 1838: Lost his valuable library and antiquities in fire at Temple 1851: Appointed as a member of Her Majesty's Counsel 1852: Stood for Parliament (but not elected) 1853: Married to a Prussian lady, Marie, the only daughter of Baron Von Lauer of Berlin.
They had three children. He went on to publish two works on economics: On Pauperism (1854), and Observations on the government bill for abolishing the Removal of the Poor (1854).He was buried at the Kensal Green cemetery.