BONAMY

PRICE (1807-1888)  , English political economist, was born at St Peter Port, Guernsey, on the 22nd of May 1807 . He entered at Worcester College, Oxford, in 1825, where he took a double first in 1829 . From 183o to 185o he was an assistant master at Rugby school . He then lived for some years in London, being engaged in business and literary work, and was appointed to serve on various royal commissions . He married in 1864 . In 1868 he was elected Drummond professor of political economy at Oxford, and was thrice re-elected to the post, which he held till his death . In 1883 he was elected an honorary fellow of his college . In addition to his professorial work, he was in much request as a popular lecturer on political economy . He died in London on the 8th of January 1888 . His principal publications, exclusive of pamphlets, were: The Principles of Currency (1869), Currency and Banking (1876), Chapters on Practical Political Economy (1878) .