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FIX, THEODORE (180o-1846)
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See also:FIX, See also:THEODORE (180o-1846) , See also:French journalist and economist, was See also:born at See also:Soleure in See also:Switzerland in 1800. His See also:father was a French physician whose ancestors had been expatriated by the revocation of the See also:edict of See also:Nantes. At first a See also:land surveyor, he in 183o became connected with the Bulletin universal See also:des sciences, to which he contributed most of the See also:geographical articles. In 1833 he founded the Revue mensuelle d' economic politique, which he edited during the three years of its existence. He then became engaged in journalistic See also:work, till his See also:essay on L' Association des douanes allemandes won him a See also:prize from the Academie de's Sciences Morales et Politiques in 184o, and also procured him work on the See also:report on the progress of sciences since the Revolution, which the See also:Institute was preparing. A few months before his See also:death he published Observations sur See also:les classes ouvrieres, in which he argued against all attempts to regulate artificially the See also:rate of See also:wages, and attributed the See also:condition of the working classes to their own thriftlessness and intemperance. He died suddenly at See also:Paris on the 31st of See also:July 1846. End of Article: FIX, THEODORE (180o-1846)Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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