Gregory King

Gregory King (December 15, 1648 - August 29, 1712) English genealogist, civil servant and "the first great economic statistician."

Writings

• Two Tracts by Gregory King.(a) Natural and Political Observations and Conclusions upon the State and Condition of England. (b) Of the Naval Trade of England Ao. 1688 and the National Profit then arising thereby. Edited with an introduction by George E. Barnett. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins Press, 1936.

The Natural and Political Observations appear with some of King's unpublished writings in a volume edited by Laslett.

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• The Earliest classics John Graunt, Natural and political observations made upon the bills of mortality, 1662 G. King, Natural and political observations and conclusions upon the state and condition of England 1696 'The L.C.C. Burns Journal', a manuscript notebook containing workings for several projected works, composed c.1695-1700 with an introduction by Peter Laslett. Farnborough UK : Gregg, 1973.