<P> In spite of this, in the wake of McCulloch's scathing review, the reputation of Malthus as economist dropped away, for the rest of his life . On the other hand, Malthus did have supporters: Thomas Chalmers, some of the Oriel Noetics, Richard Jones and William Whewell from Cambridge . </P> <P> Malthus died suddenly of heart disease on 23 December 1834, at his father - in - law's house . He was buried in Bath Abbey . His portrait, and descriptions by contemporaries, present him as tall and good - looking, but with a cleft lip and palate . The cleft palate affected his speech: such birth defects had occurred before amongst his relatives . </P> <P> On 13 March 1804, Malthus married Harriet, daughter of John Eckersall of Claverton House, near Bath . They had a son and two daughters . His firstborn, son Henry, became vicar of Effingham, Surrey, in 1835, and of Donnington, Sussex, in 1837; he married Sofia Otter (1807--1889), daughter of Bishop William Otter, and died in August 1882, aged 76 . His middle child, Emily, died in 1885, outliving her parents and siblings . The youngest, Lucille, died unmarried and childless in 1825, months before her 18th birthday . </P> <P> Malthus argued in his Essay (1798) that population growth generally expanded in times and in regions of plenty until the size of the population relative to the primary resources caused distress: </P>

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