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Hume, Joseph

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A politician, born in Montrose; studied medicine, and served as a surgeon under the East India Company in India, made his fortune, and came home; adopted the political principles of Bentham and entered Parliament, of which he continued a prominent member till his death; he was an ardent reformer, and lived to see many of the measures he advocated crowned with success (1777-1855).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Hume, Joseph'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​h/hume-joseph.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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