Timeline December 1834

Events in December 1834 3

• 1766 – 1834 Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834) Died 23 December 1834, aged 68 Malthus was an English cleric and economist best known for his 'An Essay on the Principle of Population', which argued that population growth would tend to outrun food supply. His ideas influenced economics, demography, and later Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection. He died in Bath, England.
• 1775 – 1834 Charles Lamb (1775-1834) Died 27 December 1834, aged 59 Lamb was an English essayist and critic best remembered for his 'Essays of Elia' and for 'Tales from Shakespeare', co-written with his sister Mary for young readers. He worked for decades as a clerk at the East India Company while building his literary career. He was a close friend of Coleridge and Wordsworth.
• 1792 – 1834 Edward Irving (1792-1834) Died 7 December 1834, aged 42 Irving was a Scottish clergyman and preacher whose London congregation's embrace of speaking in tongues and prophecy led to the founding of the Catholic Apostolic Church. He was deposed from the Church of Scotland ministry in 1833 over doctrinal disputes. He died in Glasgow the following year.