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234:'Another of our Professors – J. E. Thorold Rogers – though perhaps scarcely a celebrity, was well known outside Oxford, partly because he was the first person to relinquish the clerical character under the Act of 1870, partly because of his really learned labours in history and economics, and partly because of his Rabelaisian humour. He was fond of writing sarcastic epigrams, and of reciting them to his friends, and this habit produced a characteristic retort from Jowett. Rogers had only an imperfect sympathy with the historians of the new school, and thus derided the mutual admiration of Green and Freeman — 902: 884: 208: 615: 268:, an advocate for free trade, non-intervention in Europe and an end to imperial expansion, whom he met during his first tenure as Drummond professor. Rogers said of Cobden, "he knew that ... political economy ... was, or ought to be, eminently inductive, and that an economist without facts is like an engineer without materials or tools." Rogers had a wealth of facts at his disposal: his most influential works were the 6-volume 30: 501:, who was an active supporter of the Liberal party, higher education for women and women's suffrage. Between December 1850 and January 1853 (her death), he had been married to Anna, only daughter of William Peskett, surgeon, of 415: 191:
For some time the classics were the chief field of his activity. He devoted himself to classical and philosophical tuition in Oxford with success, and his publications included an edition of
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Simultaneously with these occupations he had been studying economics. He became the first Tooke Professor of Statistics and Economic Science at
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Rogers married Ann Susannah Charlotte Reynolds, daughter of Henry Revell Reynolds, Treasury Solicitor, in December 1854. They had a daughter,
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To which Jowett replied, in his quavering treble, "That's a false antithesis, Rogers. It's quite possible to bluster and blunder, too!"'
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from 1880 to 1886. He deployed historical and statistical methods to analyse some of the key economic and social questions in
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c. 91), of which he was the first beneficiary, becoming the first man legally to withdraw from his clerical vows in 1870.
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Speeches on Questions of Public Policy by Richard Cobden, M.P., Edited by John Bright and James E. Thorold Rogers,
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Osmania University, Digital Library of India, Internet Archive. Preface by Thorold Rogers pp. v–xxx1x
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The Economic Interpretation of History: Lectures Delivered at Worcester College Hall, Oxford, 1887-8
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The Industrial and Commercial History of England: Lectures Delivered to the University of Oxford,
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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
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in 1849 from Magdalen and was ordained. A High Church man, he was curate of St. Paul's in
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Preface by Thorold Rogers, pp. v–xi. 2nd ed., revised. London, Macmillan (1879) On line.
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Vol. 1 1624–1741. Oxford, Clarendon Press; London, Macmillan & Co. (1875) On line.
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Preface by James E. Thorold Rogers, editor. 2 vols. London: Macmillan and Co. (1868)
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A Complete Collection of the Protests of the Lords: With Historical Introductions,
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Historical Gleanings, A Series of Sketches (Montagu, Walpole, Adam Smith, Cobbett)
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Salim Rashid (July 1978). "The Price-Rogers Election; Politics or Religion?".
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ed. Arthur G. L. Rogers. New York, G. P. Putnam, 1892. Google Books, on line.
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and held the seat until 1886. Rogers also lectured in political economy at
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Cobden and Modern Political Opinion. Essays on certain political topics,
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The grave of Rogers in St Sepulchre's Cemetery, Oxford, with biography
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The Week: A Canadian Journal of Politics, Literature, Science and Arts
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was elected in his stead. In this he became a friend and follower of
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London, T. Fisher Unwin (1888); New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons (1889)
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Public Addresses by John Bright, M.P., ed. James E. Thorold Rogers,
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London, T. Fisher Unwin (1870). Preface by Thorold Rogers. v. 1
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The Relations of Economic Science to Social and Political Action.
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A History of Agriculture and Prices in England from 1259 to 1793
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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations,
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Six Centuries of Work and Wages: The History of English Labour
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History of Agriculture and Prices in England from 1259 to 1795
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editor. 2 vols. (1869); revised edition (1880); on line at
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Speeches on questions of public policy by John Bright, M.P.
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London, G.P. Putnam's Sons (1888); T. Fisher Unwin (1909).
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in 1880 and held the seat until it was divided under the
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in 1883 and was re-elected Drummond professor in 1888.
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London, Macmillan (1887) Internet Archive, on line.
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West Meon
Oxford
Political Economy
English historical school
King's College London
University of Oxford
Liberal
House of Commons
Victorian England
English Historical School
West Meon
King's College London
Magdalen Hall, Oxford
MA
Oxford
Clerical Disabilities Act 1870
33 & 34 Vict.
Aristotle

Leslie Ward
George W. E. Russell
Benjamin Jowett
King's College London
Drummond professorship
All Souls College, Oxford
Bonamy Price
Richard Cobden
President
Co-operative Congress

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