The wealth at death of inventors during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

Sean Bottomley

The wealth at death of inventors during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

Sean Bottomley

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Abstract

This update provides the wealth at death information for 115 inventors from the industrial revolution period, all of whom have articles in ODNB. In and of itself, the newly-added data represents only a marginal change – but it serves to illustrate how ODNB helps to inform major historiographical debates: in this instance, how we might account for the origins of the industrial revolution and with it the emergence of modern economic growth.

Original language	English
Type	Update to Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Media of output	Online
Publisher	Oxford University Press (OUP)
Number of pages	15
Place of Publication	Oxford
Publication status	Published - Feb 2022

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