Henry Dunning MacLeod

Henry Dunning Macleod (March 31, 1821 – July 16, 1902) was a Scottish economist. Henry Dunning Macleod was born in Edinburgh, and educated at Eton, Edinburgh University, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1843.[1] Macleod traveled in Europe, and in 1849 was called to the English bar. He was employed in Scotland on the work of poor-law reform, and devoted himself to the study of economics. In 1856 he published his Theory and Practice of Banking,[2][3] in 1858 Elements of Political Economy,[4] and in 1859 A Dictionary of Political Economy.[5] In 1873 his Principles of Economical Philosophy[6][7] appeared, and in 1889 his The Theory of Credit.[8][9][10] Between 1868 and 1870 he was employed by the government in digesting and codifying the law of bills of exchange. In 1896, he published The History of Economics.[11]