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Ely (RICHARD THEODORE an American)

RICHARD THEODORE, an American educator; born in Ripley, N.

Y., April 13, 1854; was graduated at Columbia University in 1876; appointed head of the department of Political Economy at Johns Hopkins (1881-1892); and professor of Political Economy at University of Wisconsin since 1892. His publications include "French and German Socialism in Modern Times" (1883); "The Past and Present of Political Economy" (1884); "The Labor Movement in America" (1886); "Problems of Today" (1888); "Political Economy" (1889); "Social Aspects of Christianity" (1889); "Studies in the Evolution of Industrial Society" (1903); "Property and Contract" (1914). He edited Macmillan's "Citizens' Library of Economics" and several sociological text-books.