Thomas Malthus: Pioneer of Population Theory

Thomas Malthus, born in 1766, was a British scholar known for his essay on population growth. He predicted that unchecked population growth would lead to famine and poverty. His ideas are relevant to modern environmental issues, especially regarding overpopulation. Malthus advocated for regulating births to avoid resource scarcity and societal collapse.

• Thomas Malthus
• Population Theory
• Environmental Issues
• Overpopulation
• Malthusian Theory

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1. Thomas Malthus BY: CODY ABLE

2. General Information Born in February 1766 Died in december 1834 He is from The United Kingdom Studied at Cambridge University He was a Proffessor of History and political economy at the East India Companys college.

3. Contributions to the Environment Wrote a world renouned essay known as "An essay on the principle of population" He stated in the essay that the increase in human population would eventually diminish the worlds ability to feed itself and that eventually there would be overpopulation problems and no land to fullfill the needs of said population. This led him to believe that famine and poverty would overtake the world wiping out the population. He proposed that to fix these problems, the amount of births should be regulated in lower class families to only an amount that they could support, and also basically suggested just getting completely rid of those who were in poverty and only leaving nobels. He came to this conclusion based on Darwins observation of natural selection where the strongest shall survive.

4. How does this relate to APES? In APES we focus on environmental problems that are increasing in our world today. Malthus' conclusion of how the world will eventually become overpopulated is becoming increasingly evident these days and the exponential growth of Human on Earth backs up this theory.

5. Sources http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/malthus_thomas.shtml http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/malthus.html