Robert Acklom Ingram

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Robert Acklom Ingram (1763-1809) was an English mathematician, clergyman and political economist.

He was the son of Revd Robert Ingram (1727-1804) of Boxted, Essex, went to school in Dedham, Essex and graduated Senior Wrangler from Queen's College, Cambridge in 1784, becoming a fellow and tutor of the college (1785-1802) [1]. He also became rector of Seagrave, Leicestershire.

As a political economist he was concerned with poverty and the welfare of the working classes. He is noted for his tract Disquisitions on Population (London, 1808) opposing the views of Malthus as expressed in An Essay on the Principle of Population.