John Howlett (political economist)


John Howlett was an English political economist and cleric.

Life

He was son of John Howlett of Bedworth in Warwickshire. He matriculated at St. Edmund's Hall, Oxford, on 10 November 1749, aged 18, and graduated B.A. from St. John's College, Oxford in 1755, M.A. in 1795, and B.D. in 1796. He was presented to the living of Great Dunmow, Essex, in 1771, and was also vicar of Great Badow. He died at Bath, Somerset on 29 February 1804.

Works

Howlett wrote on the statistics and condition of the people, and criticised the theories and writings of Richard Price. In contradiction to Price, he maintained that enclosures resulted from the increase in population.
His works, with separately published sermons, are: