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Fawcett (HENRY English political)

HENRY, English political economist; born in Salisbury, England, Aug. 26, 1833. An accident which deprived him of sight early in life did not prevent his attainment of distinction as pos postmaster-general under Gladstone, and as a writer of force in "Manual of Political Economy" (6th ed. 1883); "The Economic Position of the British Laborer" (1865); "Pauperism:

Its Causes and Remedies" (1871); and "Free Trade and Protection." He died in Cambridge, Nov. 6, 1884.