Richard Price FRS (23 February 1723 – 19 April 1791) was a Welsh moral philosopher, Nonconformist minister and mathematician. He was also a political reformer and pamphleteer, active in radical, republican, and liberal causes such as the French and American Revolutions. He was well-connected and fostered communication between many people, including Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, George Washington, Mirabeau and the Marquis de Condorcet. According to the historian John Davies, Price was "the greatest Welsh thinker of all time".
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British philosopher, preacher and mathematician (1723–1791)
| Born | 1723 |
| Died | 1791 |
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British philosopher, preacher and mathematician (1723–1791)
| Born | 1723 |
| Died | 1791 |
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History, Politics and government, Causes, Early works to 1800, Public Finance, Public Debts, Finance, Annuities, Liberty, Christian ethics, Ethics, Population, Sermons, Economic conditions, Free will and determinism, Life insurance, Materialism, Patriotism, Christianity, Doctrinal Theology, Doctrines, Philosophy and religion, Unitarianism, English Sermons, Future lifePlaces
Great Britain, United States, France, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1774 Great Britain, America, England, Europe, Scotland, Virginia, États-UnisPeople
Richard Price (1723-1791), Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), Jean Louis Muret (1715-1796), Joseph Priestley (1733-1804), Samuel Clarke (1675-1729), William Eden Auckland Baron (1744-1814)Time
1775-1783, Revolution, 1775-1783, Revolution of 1688, 18th century, 1688-1815, 1760-1789, 1789-1799, George III, 1760-1820, To 1789, 1727-1760, 1772, 1774-1793, 1775-1783 (Révolution), 1783-1789, 1789-1820, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, Revolution, 1789-1790, Revolution, 1789-1799ID Numbers
- OLID: OL647041A
- ISNI: 0000000108794691
- Library of Congress Names: n79006410
- SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): LO1V042601
- VIAF: 24632783
- Wikidata: Q561101
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q561101
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Alternative names
- Dr. Richard Price
- Richard 1723-1791 Price
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