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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 39. Chapters: People from Andover, Hampshire, People from Longparish, People from Romsey, People from Wherwell, William Petty, Tim Sills, Katie Piper, Charles Kennedy Scott, Eric Lloyd Williams, Lanoe Hawker, Wilbert Awdry, Bert Shelley, Douglas Hunt, John Ward, Nigel Spackman, Sandra Gidley, Walter Davis, Nadia Hebson, Charlie Dimmock, Richard Faulds, Adam de Brome, Andrew Collins, Henry Holmes, Thomas West, 2nd Baron De La Warr, Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford, Thelwell Pike, Bill Rawlings, Hanson Victor Turner, Giles Jacob, Andy Cook, Charles Butler, Robert Hall, Mike Hugg, David Guard, William Ponting, Charles Barton, William Morrant Baker, Frederick Luke, William Kendle, William Baldock, Anne Steele, Bruce Lamb, Cyril Richards, Charles Forward, Roger Panes, Thomas Fox, Henry Curtis, Sarah-Jane Hutt, William Harrison, Kate Howey, John Woodcock, Martin Butler, Harry Dennis, Reg Presley, Harvey Grace, Kerrie Taylor, Paul Newton, Patricia Lawrence, Cyril Berry, Henry Foot, Melanie Purkiss. Excerpt: Sir William Petty (27 May 1623 - 16 December 1687) was an English economist, scientist and philosopher. He first became prominent serving Oliver Cromwell and Commonwealth in Ireland. He developed efficient methods to survey the land that was to be confiscated and given to Cromwell's soldiers. He also managed to remain prominent under King Charles II and King James II, as did many others who had served Cromwell. He was Member of the Parliament of England briefly and was also a scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur, and was a charter member of the Royal Society. It is for his theories on economics and his methods of political arithmetic that he is best remembered, however, and he is attributed as having started the philosophy of 'laissez-faire' in relation to government activity. He was knighted in 1661. He was the great-grandfather of...
