Political economist; of King's College, London, and Magdalen
Hall, Oxford; M.A., 1849; curate of St.
Paul's, Oxford; abandoned clerical profession; first Tooke professor
of statistics and economic science,
King's College, London, 1859–90; Drummond professor of political
economy, Oxford, 1862–7; became
intimate with Cobden, whose views he adopted; instrumental in
obtaining Clerical Disabilities Relief Act,
of which he was first to avail himself, 1870; engaged in political
agitation; M.P., Southwark, 1880–5,
Bermondsey, 1885–6; lecturer in political economy, Worcester
College, Oxford, 1883; re-elected
Drummond professor, 1888; published works on economics and economic
history, including History of
Agriculture and Prices (6 vols.), 1866–87. [xlix. 123]
— Sidney Lee, Dictionary of National Biography: Index
and Epitome, The Macmillan Company. London: Smith, Elder,
& Co. 1903 .