“The greatest pleasure in life is doing what other people say you cannot do.”
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Walter Bagehot
Walter Bagehot was an English journalist, businessman, and essayist, who wrote extensively about government, economics, literature and race. He is known for co-founding the National Review in 1855, and for his works The English Constitution and Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market (1873).
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Born 3 February 1826 · Died 24 March 1877 · Q369022
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2026· 2 entries
To commemorate the bicentenary of Bagehot’s birth,[2] the Society has undertaken a series of projects in the town
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1877· 2 entries
Died 1877-03-24.
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“It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations.”
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1876· 1 entry
“Lord Althorpe and the Great Reform Act of 1832”
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1867· 2 entries
And he died in 1877 from complications of what was said to be a cold
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Bagehot wrote The English Constitution, a book that explores the nature of the constitution of the United Kingdom, specifically its Parliament and monarchy
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1861· 2 entries
Career landmark: editor-in-chief (1861–1877).
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Became editor-in-chief of The Economist
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1858· 1 entry
Bagehot married Elizabeth (Eliza) Wilson (1832–1921), whose father, James Wilson, was the founder and owner of The Economist
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1855· 2 entries
Bagehot founded the National Review with his friend Richard Holt Hutton
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And for his works The English Constitution and Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market (1873)
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1852· 1 entry
In his family's shipping and banking business
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1848· 1 entry
Earned a master's degree in moral philosophy
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1826· 1 entry
Born 1826-02-03.
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