John Prince-Smith

John Prince -Smith ( born January 20, 1809 in London, † February 3, 1874 in Berlin) was an economist and Manchester Liberal in Germany. He was the most important figure in the German free trade movement.

Prince-Smith came from a wealthy home, his father was Governor of British Guiana, where Prince-Smith lived until 1820. After returning to England. He subsequently lost a father soon and assets.

In 1831 he came as an English teacher to Elbing. By the way, he acquired autodiktatisch knowledge in the economy. The profession of English teacher he held until 1840. In 1846 he moved to Berlin and by marriage he was re- wealthy.

In 1846 he founded the German free-trade club, but they did not hold long. More important was the establishment of the free trade school where he taught. Prince-Smith was the mentor important later liberal journalists and economists: Julius Faucher, Max Wirth, Otto Michaelis and Otto Wolff, who could made ​​their mark in national economic issues.

1848 was Prince-Smith with Faucher to Frankfurt in order to influence the Committee on the economic legislation freihänderlisch and manchester liberal. After the failure of Paulskirchenverfassung was staggered Prince-Smith to Berlin, where he founded a Central League for free trade.

Prince-Smith has long been Chairman of the Economic Society and the permanent deputation of the economic conference. He represented from 1861 to 1866 the Szczecin constituency as a deputy in the Prussian House of Representatives from 1871 to 1874 and was a member of parliament as an MP for the constituency Duchy of Anhalt 1 (Dessau - Zerbst ).

John Prince -Smith who has written extensively Frédéric Bastiat translated into German.

Writings

  • About Trade hostility. 1843 (PDF; 446 kB)
  • About the disadvantages of the industry by increasing the import duties. 1845 (PDF; 114 kB)
  • Minister of Commerce for six hours. 1851 (PDF; 335 kB)

Factory output:

  • Otto Michaelis ( ed. ): John Prince - Smith's Collected Writings. Berlin 1877-1880 ( digitized: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3 )
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