Quote of the day
The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world.
John Ramsay McCulloch
Born: March 1, 1789
Died: November 11, 1864 (aged 75)
Bio: John Ramsey McCulloch was a Scottish economist, author and editor, widely regarded as the leader of the Ricardian school of economists after the death of David Ricardo in 1823.
Known for:
- The Principles of Political Economy (1825)
- A statistical account of the British Empire (1837)