Jane Marcet | |
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Born | January 1,1769 London, England |
Died | June 28, 1858 London, England |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Chemistry |
Jane Marcet (/ˈmɑːrsɛt/; née Haldimand; 1 January 1769 – 28 June 1858) was an English salonnière of Republic of Geneva descent,[1] and an innovative writer of popular, explanatory science books. She also broke ground with Conversations on Political Economy (1816), which explain the ideas of Adam Smith, Malthus and David Ricardo.