Front Page Titles (by Subject) Henry Thornton

Henry Thornton

1760 - 1815

About the Author

Thornton was a merchant banker and founder of the Clapham Sect of evangelical reformers which included William Wilberforce, Thomas Clarkson, Granville Sharp, and Zacharay Macaulay.

In The Library:

• author: An Enquiry into the Nature and Effects of the Paper Credit of Great Britain (1802)

Quotations:

• Friedrich Hayek rediscovers the importance of Henry Thornton’s early 19th century work on “paper credit” and its role in financing the British Empire (1802) (22 October, 2007)