Henry Hope (1735–1811) was an Amsterdam merchant banker born in Braintree, Province of Massachusetts Bay. He emigrated to the Netherlands to join the family business Hope & Co. at a young age. From 1779, Henry became the manager of Hope & Co. and he participated in the firm for about a third from 1782. He is considered to be as great a genius as his uncle Thomas Hope. In 1786 Adam Smith dedicated the fourth edition of his book The Wealth of Nations to Henry Hope in hopes of increasing his readership:[1]
- ^ Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations, 1895; Preface by Edwin Cannan. "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations". Retrieved 15 June 2018.