Augustus Mongredien
Augustus Mongredien (1807–1888) was a corn merchant, also known as a political economist and writer. He was a leading British chess master.
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[edit] Life
He was born in London of French parents. He gradually withdrew from business and devoted himself to writing. He joined the National Political Union in 1831; he was a member of the Cobden Club, 1872. He received a Civil List pension.
[edit] Chess career
In 1859 Mongredien played a chess match against Paul Morphy. After drawing the first game, he lost the next seven on the trot, losing the match 7.5-0.5. In 1862 he played in chess's first international round-robin tournament (in which each participant plays every other) in London, finishing 11th of 14 with 3/13.
[edit] Works
Mongredien wrote on free trade and botanical subjects. Among his books were Trees and Shrubs for English Plantations: a selection and description of the most ornamental trees and shrubs, native and foreign, which will flourish in the open air in our climate ... With illustrations published in 1870, and England's Foreign Policy; an enquiry as to whether we should continue a Policy of Intervention, etc. published in 1871. Others were
- Wealth Creation
- Economics
- Free Trade and English Commerce. London: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. No date, circa 1880.
- History of the Free-Trade Movement in England.
- Pleas for Protection Examined
- The Western Farmer of America. London: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co.
[edit] References
- Howe, A. C., "Mongredien, Augustus", on the website of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (subscription or UK public library membership required), http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/18954
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