Darwin's Clever Neighbour: George Warde Norman and His Circle

by George Warde Norman and D. P. O’Brien

George Warde Norman, 1793-1882, a Director of the Bank of England 1821-72, was an important figure in both the development and the implementation of the theory of monetary control, embodied in the Bank Charter Act of 1844. Norman wrote an Autobiography covering his first 54 years, and this provides a remarkable portrait not only of Norman himself but of the social and intellectual network in which he lived. He was an intimate of the Utilitarians,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848445571
• ISBN13: 9781848445574
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.