Robert Pashley
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Robert Pashley (4 September 1805 - 29 May 1859) was a 19th century British traveller and economist.
Pashley was born in York and studied at Cambridge University. Distinguished in Mathematics and Classics. In 1830 was elected at his first sitting Fellow of Trinity College. In 1832 he took MA degree, and as a travelling Fellow he undertook a journey in Italy Greece, Asia Minor and Crete, of which he published his two-volume Travels in Crete (1837). His work is considered a classic of writing on the Ottoman Empire, with his detailed observations on local geography, customs and social issues.
1837: Called to the Bar by Society of Inner Temple 1838: Lost his valuable library and antiquities in fire at Temple 1851: Appointed one of Her Majesty's Counsel 1852: Stood for Parliament (not elected) 1853: Married to a Prussian Lady, Marie, only daughter of Baron Von Lauer of Berlin. Had three children. He went on to publish two works on economics: On Pauperism (1854), and Observations on the government bill for abolishing the Removal of the Poor (1854).
His remains are buried at Kensal Green cemetery
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