The Economist is a British weekly news and international affairs publication, founded in London by the Scottish businessman and hat maker James Wilson. Wilson started it to campaign for free trade and for the repeal of the Corn Laws, which taxed imported grain and were abolished in 1846. The publication has kept a classical liberal editorial outlook ever since, and most of its articles are unsigned, written in a single collective voice. Walter Bagehot, Wilson's son-in-law, was one of its best-known editors. Although it describes itself as a newspaper, it appears in magazine format, and it is read internationally for its coverage of politics, business, science and culture.
Before and after
- 29 August 1842Treaty of Nanjing
- 21 September 1842Birth of Abdul Hamid II
- 12 November 1842Birth of John William Strutt
- 27 November 1842Birth of Peter Kropotkin
- 1843Launch of The Economist
- 1843Discovery of terbium
- 1843Discovery of erbium
- 1843Ada Lovelace publishes the first computer program
- 29 January 1843Birth of William McKinley
More in Science & technology
- 1774Discovery of chlorine
- 1791Discovery of titanium
- 1797Discovery of chromium
- 6 March 1869Periodic table
- 1884Car
- 1894Discovery of argon
The era
This moment belongs to the Industrial era (1760 CE to 1914 CE), steam, factories and revolutions. You can also browse everything in the 19th century.