William Petty

English scientist, philosopher, statistician and economist (1623-1687)

Wikidata

Source:

Wikidata

Field of work

Economics

Images from the collections

Images featuring William Petty

2 images from works

Works from the collections

Works by this person

Works featuring this person

18 works

Books
Online
The discourse made before the Royal Society the 26 of November 1674. Concerning the use of duplicate proportion in sundry important particulars together with a new hypothesis of springing or elastique motions / By Sir William Petty.
William PettyDate: 1674
Books
Natural and political observations mentioned in a following index, and made upon the Bills of mortality ... With reference to the government, religion, trade, growth, ayre, diseases, and the several changes of the said city [London] / [Sometimed ascribed to Sir W. Petty].
John GrauntDate: 1665
Books
Online
Natural and political observations mentioned in a following index, and made upon the Bills of mortality / By John Graunt ... With reference to the government, religion, trade, growth, ayre, diseases, and the several changes of the said city [London] [Sometimes ascribed to Sir W. Petty].
John GrauntDate: 1662
Books
Online
Natural and political observations mentioned in a following index, and made upon the Bills of mortality / By John Graunt ... With reference to the government, religion, trade, growth, ayre, diseases, and the several changes of the said city [London] [Sometimes ascribed to Sir W. Petty].
John GrauntDate: 1662
Books
Natural and political observations mentioned in a following index, and made upon the Bills of mortality / By Capt. John Gravnt, fellow of the Royal society. With reference to the government, religion, trade, growth, air, diseases, and the several changes of the said city [London] [Sometimes ascribed to Sir W. Petty].
John GrauntDate: 1665

View all

11 works

View all

Frequent collaborators

John Graunt

London

Mortality - England - London

Great Britain

17th century

Vital Statistics

William Petty

Images from the collections

Images featuring William Petty

Works from the collections

The discourse made before the Royal Society the 26 of November 1674. Concerning the use of duplicate proportion in sundry important particulars together with a new hypothesis of springing or elastique motions / By Sir William Petty.

Natural and political observations mentioned in a following index, and made upon the Bills of mortality ... With reference to the government, religion, trade, growth, ayre, diseases, and the several changes of the said city [London] / [Sometimed ascribed to Sir W. Petty].

Natural and political observations mentioned in a following index, and made upon the Bills of mortality / By John Graunt ... With reference to the government, religion, trade, growth, ayre, diseases, and the several changes of the said city [London] [Sometimes ascribed to Sir W. Petty].

Natural and political observations mentioned in a following index, and made upon the Bills of mortality / By John Graunt ... With reference to the government, religion, trade, growth, ayre, diseases, and the several changes of the said city [London] [Sometimes ascribed to Sir W. Petty].

The life of Sir William Petty, 1623-1687 : one of the first Fellows of the Royal Society, sometime secretary to Henry Cromwell, maker of the 'Down Survey' of Ireland, author of 'Political Arithmetic' &c. : chiefly derived from private documents hitherto unpublished / by Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice.

Sir W.P. of Romsey / by P.G. Dale.

A bibliography of Sir William Petty F.R.S. and of Observations on the bills of mortality by John Graunt F.R.S / by Geoffrey Keynes.

Six portraits of eminent seventeenth century men. Engraving.

The British Library catalogue of additions to the manuscripts. The Petty papers : additional manuscripts 72850-72908, additonal charters 76966-76690.

Frequent collaborators

William Petty

Images from the collections

Images featuring William Petty

Works from the collections

The discourse made before the Royal Society the 26 of November 1674. Concerning the use of duplicate proportion in sundry important particulars together with a new hypothesis of springing or elastique motions / By Sir William Petty.

Natural and political observations mentioned in a following index, and made upon the Bills of mortality ... With reference to the government, religion, trade, growth, ayre, diseases, and the several changes of the said city [London] / [Sometimed ascribed to Sir W. Petty].

Natural and political observations mentioned in a following index, and made upon the Bills of mortality / By John Graunt ... With reference to the government, religion, trade, growth, ayre, diseases, and the several changes of the said city [London] [Sometimes ascribed to Sir W. Petty].

Natural and political observations mentioned in a following index, and made upon the Bills of mortality / By John Graunt ... With reference to the government, religion, trade, growth, ayre, diseases, and the several changes of the said city [London] [Sometimes ascribed to Sir W. Petty].

The life of Sir William Petty, 1623-1687 : one of the first Fellows of the Royal Society, sometime secretary to Henry Cromwell, maker of the 'Down Survey' of Ireland, author of 'Political Arithmetic' &c. : chiefly derived from private documents hitherto unpublished / by Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice.

Sir W.P. of Romsey / by P.G. Dale.

A bibliography of Sir William Petty F.R.S. and of Observations on the bills of mortality by John Graunt F.R.S / by Geoffrey Keynes.

Six portraits of eminent seventeenth century men. Engraving.

The British Library catalogue of additions to the manuscripts. The Petty papers : additional manuscripts 72850-72908, additonal charters 76966-76690.

Frequent collaborators

Related topics