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15 December 1648 (Liechtfield, Staffordshire) - 29 August 1712 (London). English genealogist, engraver and especially well-known for his work as a statistician. Gregory King was the eldest son of Gregory King from Leicester and his first wife Elizabeth Andrews of Sandwich in Kent. His father was a mathematician and surveyor. At the age of five to fourteen, Gregory King was sent to the grammar school Liechtfield Free School by his father. In his last two years at school, Gregory King began to help his father with work as well. Gregory King was an excellent student who was skilled in Greek, Hebrew and Latin and wished to attend university. But his father decided that Gregory King became a clerk to the herald William Dugdale.

The incomplete autobiography of Gregory King was published after King's death in J. Dallaway's Inquiries into the Origin and Progress of the Science of Heraldry in England from 1793.

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Works and Writings

The work of Gregory King was multi-faceted. In 1936 were the two best known writings Natural and Political Observations and Conclusions upon the State and Condition of England, 1696 and Of the Naval Trade of England, 1688, and the National Profit then Arising thereby printed and published as the collection Two Tracts by Gregory King as part of a Johns Hopkins University Series. Gregory King became famous for his work as a statistician because of his manuscript Natural and Political Observations and Conclusions upon the State and Condition of England, 1696. It was first published in 1801 and depicts the population and wealth of England at the end of the 17th century. The work illustrates for instance precise accounts of demographic characteristics like age, gender, marital status, number of children, servants and sojourners of the population of England and Wales at that time. Furthermore he presented a calculation of the annual amount of beer, ale and malt that was consumed in England in this work. King was also interested in population development and calculated a projection about future population growth in his work. ... Of the Naval Trade of England, 1688, and the National Profit then Arising thereby... Both manuscripts are essential writings for his work in the theories of political arithmetic for which he was later known. In the 17th and 18th century, political arithmetic was a study of economic and demographic statistics of political units. ...

Gregory King also edited the Book of Roads, supervised the engravings inside the book and even contributed some of his own works as an engraver to it. Furthermore assisted Gregory King in the drawing of the map of London and constructed the map of Westminster. He was also responsible for the layout of the streets and squares in Soho, London and for drawing up many of the first building leases in various parts of London.

(Gregory) King's Law (of Demand) or King-Davenant Law

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References

"Gregory King". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2013. Web. 15 Jun. 2013 [ http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/318299/Gregory-King]

Hoppit, Julian. "King, Gregory (1648-1712)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004. Web. 13 Jun. 2013 [http://oxforddnb.com/view/article/15563 ]

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 December 1648 (Liechtfield, Staffordshire) - 29 August 1712 (London). English genealogist, engraver and especially well-known for his work as a statistician.
 Gregory King was the eldest son of Gregory King from Leicester and his first wife Elizabeth Andrews of Sandwich in Kent. His father was a mathematician and surveyor. At the age of five to fourteen, Gregory King was sent to the grammar school Liechtfield Free School by his father. In his last two years at school, Gregory King began to help his father with work as well. Gregory King was an excellent student who was skilled in Greek, Hebrew and Latin and wished to attend university. But his father decided that Gregory King became a clerk to the herald William Dugdale.
+The incomplete autobiography of Gregory King was published after King's death in J. Dallaway's ''Inquiries into the Origin and Progress of the Science of Heraldry in England'' from 1793.
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 Both manuscripts are essential writings for his work in the theories of political arithmetic for which he was later known. In the 17th and 18th century, political arithmetic was a study of economic and demographic statistics of political units. ...
-Gregory King also edited the ''Book of Roads'', supervised the engravings inside the book and even contributed some of his own works as an engraver to it. ...
+Gregory King also edited the ''Book of Roads'', supervised the engravings inside the book and even contributed some of his own works as an engraver to it. Furthermore assisted Gregory King in the drawing of the map of London and constructed the map of Westminster. He was also responsible for the layout of the streets and squares in Soho, London and for drawing up many of the first building leases in various parts of London.