Jane Marcet

Jane Marcet
BornJanuary 1,1769
London, England
DiedJune 28, 1858
London, England
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry

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.

  1. ^ Marcet, Jane (1816). Conversations on the Nature of Political Economy (Public domain ed.). Transaction Publishers. pp. 16–. ISBN 978-1-4128-2037-0.

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