Historedia
Person

Thomas Robert Malthus

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1798

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Thomas Robert Malthus, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Publication of An Essay on the Principle of Population

    1798

    Role: Author

    1. 1798 · Unresolved siteAnonymous First Edition Release

      Malthus's essay was published anonymously in 1798, with his identity soon revealed.

    2. 1798 · Unresolved siteGeometric-Arithmetic Population Model

      Malthus argued population grows geometrically while food grows arithmetically, causing scarcity.

Sources

  1. An Essay on the Principle of Population Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-05