Welsh moral philosopher, Nonconformist minister and mathematician. He was also a political reformer and pamphleteer, active in radical, republican, and liberal causes such as the French and American Revolutions.
Born Llangeinor, Wales. Spent most of his adult life as minister of Newington Green Unitarian Church. In 1770, in addition to his duties at Newington Green he became morning preacher at the Gravel Pit Chapel.
In 1784 Mary Wollstonecraft moved her school to Newington Green, she joined Price's congregation and through him made many supportive and influential contacts.
Price was a member of the Royal Society from 1765 for his work on probability which enabled a scientific system for life insurance and old-age pensions.
His marriage produced no children. In 1787 he moved from his home in Newington Green to St Thomas’s Square, Hackney where he died. Buried at Bunhill Fields.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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