Thomas Mortimer (writer)

Thomas Mortimer (1730–1810) was an English writer, known for his works in the field of economics, and for first documenting the financial terms bull and bear, in use in London at that time.

[1] In November 1762 Mortimer was made English vice-consul for the Austrian Netherlands, on the recommendation of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, secretary of state, and went to Ostend.

It was translated into French as Le Plutarque anglais by Cornélie Wouters, baronne de Vasse (1785-6, Paris, 12 vols.

[1][3] Besides pamphlets, Mortimer's economic publications were:[1] His New History of England, dedicated to Queen Charlotte, appeared (London 3 vols.)

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Thomas Mortimer, 1799 engraving
The Insolent Behaviour of Dunstan to King Edwy on the Day of his Coronation Feast , illustration after Samuel Wale in volume 1 of Thomas Mortimer's New History of England