Malachy Postlethwayt
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Malachy Postlethwayt
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Malachy Postlethwayt was a British economist and lexicographer, famous for his publication of the commercial dictionary titled The Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce in 1757. The dictionary was a translation and adaptation of the Dictionnaire universel du commerce of the French Inspector General of the Manufactures for the King, Jacques Savary des Brûlons. Postlethwayt also wrote several works defending the slave trade and advocating for its expansion. He was a lobbyist for the Royal Afr
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British commerce expert and lexicographer
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