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Thomas Mun, the distinguished mercantilist, was born in London in June 1571 and died in July 1641. He was the third son of John Mun, a mercer, whose father, also John Mun, held the office of provost of the moneyers in the Royal Mint and received a grant of arms in 1562.
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Eltis, W. (2018). Mun, Thomas (1571–1641). In: The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95189-5_1078
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