Sir Dudley North

1641 - 1691

About the Author

Dudley North was a very successful English merchant who made a fortune in Turkey before returning to London. He was sheriff of London, a commissioner for the customs and an agent in the treasury as well as a Tory member of Parliament during the reign of James II. His Discourses upon Trade is one of the earliest attempts to theorize as a whole the workings of a market economy in England.

In The Library:

• author: Discourses Upon Trade (1691)
• author: A Select Collection of Early English Tracts on Commerce from the Originals of Mun, Roberts, North, and Others (1856)