Joseph Kay (economist)
Joseph Kay
QC (27 February 1821 – 9 October 1878) was an English economist and judge on the Northern Circuit.[1]
Kay was born at
Queen's Counsel. He is best known for a series of works on the social condition of the poor in France, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany, and Austria, the materials for which he gathered on a four years tour as travelling bachelor of his university. They were The Education of the Poor in England and Europe (London, 1846); The Social Condition of the People in England and Europe (London, 1850, 2 vols.); The Condition and Education of Poor Children in English and in German Towns (Manchester, 1853). He was also the author of The Law relating to Shipmasters and Seamen (London, 1875) and Free Trade in Land (1879, with a memoir).[3]
In 1863 Joseph married Mary Drummond, daughter of
References
- ^ a b "Death of Mr Kay QC". The Cornishman. No. 14. 17 October 1878. p. 7.
- ^ "Kay, Joseph (KY839J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Free Trade in Land. Joseph Kay, edited by his wife and with a preface by John Bright MP, contains a valuable memoir of Joseph's life
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Kay, Joseph". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 703.
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