McCulloch, John Ramsay
b. 1789-03-01
d. 1864-11-11
John Ramsay McCulloch, comptroller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office, was born at Whithorn, Wigtownshire, on 1 March 1789. McCulloch was a prominent and prolific economist and statistician; as well as lecturing in Edinburgh and London he published innumerable articles and books, including his most important work, A Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical, and Historical, of Commerce and Commercial Navigation (London: A. & R. Spottiswoode, 1832).
In 1838, he became comptroller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office, which was responsible for supplying the Public Offices at home and abroad with stationery. McCulloch held this position until his death on 11 November 1864.
Dictionary of National Biography (London and New York: Oxford University Press, 1900-) 12, pp. 463-65. Imperial Calendar, 1858, p. 130. BCPO 111.3.
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The Colonial Despatches Team. McCulloch, John Ramsay. The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871, Edition 2.0, ed. The Colonial Despatches Team. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria. https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/mcculloch_jr.html.

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