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==Career==

==Career==

Malthus was born near Wotton, Surrey, England, on Feb. 13, 1766. His wealthy father, educated at Oxford and a friend and admirer of [[David Hume]] and [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]], was a critic of the existing educational system; Malthus was home schooled by his father and by private tutors. He attended Jesus College, Cambridge, graduating with distinction in mathematics and classics in 1788.  Malthus was ordained as an Anglican clergyman in 1788 and married in 1804. In 1796 he became an Anglican curate at Albury, Surrey at £40 a year. He was conscientious, devout, and pious in the performance of his clerical duties.

Malthus was born near Wotton, Surrey, England, on Feb. 13, 1766. His wealthy father, educated at Oxford and a friend and admirer of [[David Hume]] and [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]], was a critic of the existing educational system; Malthus was home schooled by his father and by private tutors. He attended Jesus College, Cambridge, graduating with distinction in mathematics and classics in 1788.  Malthus was ordained as an Anglican clergyman in 1788 and married in 1804. In 1796 he became an Anglican curate at Albury, Surrey at £40 a year. He was conscientious, devout, and [[Piety|pious]] in the performance of his clerical duties.

His first published work appeared anonymously in 1798—''An Essay on the Principle of Population as It Affects the Future Improvement of Society''—and brought him immediate fame.  It was a popular pamphlet but the 2nd (1803) and later editions were greatly expanded with much more evidence.  Malthus acknowledged his debts to the writings of [[David Hume]], [[Robert Wallace]], [[Adam Smith]], and [[Richard Price]], among others.  Malthus was married and the father of three children; he usually signed his essays, "The Rev. Robert Malthus" and seldom used the first name Thomas.

His first published work appeared anonymously in 1798—''An Essay on the Principle of Population as It Affects the Future Improvement of Society''—and brought him immediate fame.  It was a popular pamphlet but the 2nd (1803) and later editions were greatly expanded with much more evidence.  Malthus acknowledged his debts to the writings of [[David Hume]], [[Robert Wallace]], [[Adam Smith]], and [[Richard Price]], among others.  Malthus was married and the father of three children; he usually signed his essays, "The Rev. Robert Malthus" and seldom used the first name Thomas.