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David Ricardo had a varied upbringing. He was born in 1772 and was the third of 17 children. His parents were very successful and his father was a wealthy merchant banker. They lived at first in the Netherlands and then moved to London. David himself had little formal education (obviously not a modern role model!) and went to work for his father at the age of 14. However, when, at the age of 21, he married a Quaker (against his parents wishes) he was disinherited and so set up on his own as a stockbroker.
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David Ricardo was born in 1772 and was the third of 17 children! Although his father was a wealthy merchant banker and stockbroker David had little formal education and at age 14 went to work in his fathers business. He was disinherited at age 21 when he married against his parent's wishes. He set up his own stock-broking business and moved to Kennington Place. He was so successful that he retired at age 42 to concentrate on his writing and on politics.
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David Ricardo was born in London on April 19, 1772, the son of a Jewish merchant-banker émigré from Holland. Ricardo joined his father as a stockbroker at the age of 14. When he married a Quaker, his orthodox father cut him off. Ricardo became a Unitarian, and at 22, with a capital of £800 and support from the financial community, he became an independent stockbroker. At 42 he retired with a fortune of about £1 million and established himself as a landed proprietor.
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David Ricardo was born in London in 1772, one of 17 children. His parents were Sephardic Jews who had emigrated to England. His father, Abraham, was a successful stockbroker. Ricardo’s business career started when he began working for his father at age 14, but at 21 he married a Quaker, which created a family rift that sent Ricardo into the world completely on his own. He nonetheless prospered as a stockbroker and left a vast estate at his death.
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David Ricardo was born in 1772. He was the third of seventeen children. His family was descended from Iberian Jews who had fled to Holland in the early 18th Century. Ricardo’s father, a stockbroker, emigrated to England shortly before David was born.
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Ricardo was born in London, April 19, 1772, the son of Abraham and Abigail Ricardo. The Ricardos belonged to the population of Spanish and Portuguese Sephardic Jews who had been forced by the Inquisition to emigrate, in their case to Amsterdam, where they were established by the 18th century. Abraham Ricardo had followed his father into stockbroking on the Amsterdam exchange. He removed to London around 1760 and in 1769 married Abigail, whose father was a tobacco and snuff merchant; he was and was granted denizenship in 1771. A wealthy man, Abraham was a devout Jew and a prominent member of the Jewish community in London. He held strong views regarding religion, politics, and education, and insisted on strict, unquestioning obedience from his children.
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