death_date death_place birth_place school_tradition color nationality field birth_date image article_title name
26 february 1858 london , england kronstadt , russian empire classical economics green english econometrics 28 february 1774 thomas tooke.jpg thomas tooke
 thomas tooke
thomas tooke

thomas tooke -lrb- ; 28 february 1774 -- 26 february 1858 -rrb- was an english economist known for writing on money and his work on economic statistics .
after tooke 's death the statistical society endowed the tooke chair of economics at king 's college london , and a tooke prize .
in business , he served several terms between 1840 and 1852 as governor of the royal exchange corporation .
likewise , he served for several terms as chairman of the st katharine 's docks company .
he was also an early director of the london and birmingham railway .
