Sir William Petty

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosopher
historian
economist
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:King_Charles_II
gptkb:John_Locke
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:born May 26, 1623
gptkbp:children gptkb:William_Petty,_2nd_Earl_of_Shelburne
gptkbp:contribution development of statistical methods
advancement of political economy
founding modern economics
gptkbp:died December 16, 1687
gptkbp:education gptkb:Christ_Church,_Oxford
gptkbp:field economics
philosophy
statistics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir William Petty
gptkbp:influence economic theory
public policy
quantitative social science
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Adam_Smith
gptkb:David_Hume
gptkbp:inventor double-entry bookkeeping
land valuation techniques
gptkbp:knownFor Political Arithmetic
founder_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkbp:legacy Petty's Law
Petty's Political Arithmetic
Petty's Theorem
gptkbp:nationality English
gptkbp:notableWorks The Treatise of Taxes and Contributions
Verbum Sapienti
The_Political_Anatomy_of_Ireland
gptkbp:occupation physician
land surveyor
statistician
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Ireland
gptkb:London
gptkbp:spouse Elizabeth_Petty