XV. Models too perfect may sometimes rather impede than promote improvement Thomas Malthus is a key figure in demography; he thought that human population increases much faster than agricultural production, thus the end result is inescapable. Thomas Robert Malthus; Thomas Robert Malthus: Información personal; Nacimiento: 13 de febrero de 1766 Surrey, Inglaterra: Fallecimiento: 29 de diciembre de 1834, 68. MLA style: Thomas Robert Malthus. Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2016. Web. 14 Feb. 2016 . The book An Essay on the Principle of Population was first published in 1798 under the alias Joseph Johnson, [1] [2] but the author was soon identified as Thomas. In October 1838, that is, fifteen months after I had begun my systematic inquiry, I happened to read for amusement Malthus on Population, and being well prepared to. Malthus came to prominence for his 1798 essay on population growth. In it he argued that population multiplies geometrically and food arithmetically; therefore, the. An Essay on the Principle of Population As it affects the future improvement of society with remarks on the speculations of Mr. Godwin, M. Condorcet, and other writers Discover facts about Thomas Malthus who famously developed the theory of population growth. Nel 1798 pubblicò An essay of the principle of the population as it affects the future improvement of society (Saggio sul principio della popolazione e i suoi.