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ATKINSON, EDWARD (1827—1905)

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EDWARD
EDWARD (1827—1905) , See also:

AMERICAN

American economist, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

BROOKLINE

Brookline, See also:

MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts, on the loth of See also:

FEBRUARY

February 1827. For many years he was engaged in managing various business enterprises, and became, in 1877, See also:

PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the See also:

Boston Manufacturers' Mutual See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

Fire See also:

INSURANCE

Insurance See also:

COMPANY

Company, a See also:

POST

post which he held till his See also:

DEATH

death. He was a strong controversialist and a prolific writer on such economic subjects as banking, See also:

RAILWAYS

railways, See also:

cotton manufacture, the See also:

TARIFF (adapted in English from the French; the word comes through the Spanish tarifa, a list or schedule of prices, from the Arabic, ta'rifa, information, an inventory, 'arf, know-ledge)

tariff and See also:

FREE

free See also:

trade, and the See also:

MONEY

money question. He was appointed in 1887 a See also:

SPECIAL

special See also:

COMMISSIONER

commissioner to See also:

REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report upon the status of See also:

BIMETALLISM

bimetallism in See also:

EUROPE

Europe. He also made a special study of See also:

mill construction and fire prevention, and invented an improved cooking apparatus, called the " Aladdin See also:

OVEN (O. Eng. of n,Ger. Ofen, cf. Gr. Irvin, oven)

oven." He was an active supporter of See also:

ANTI, or CAMPA

anti-imperialism. He died at Boston on the r rth of See also:

DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1905. His See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

WORKS

works were Right Methods of Preventing Fires in See also:

Mills (1881); See also:

DISTRIBUTION (Lat. distribuere, to deal out)

Distribution of Products (1885); See also:

INDUSTRIAL

Industrial Progress of the Nation (1889) ; See also:

Taxation and See also:

WORK

Work (1892) ; See also:

SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

Science. of See also:

NUTRITION

Nutrition (loth ed., 1898).

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