"The Life and Work of Thomas R. Malthus" is a research work dedicated to the prominent English economist and demographer Thomas R. Malthus. The author of the book, Charles R. Drysdale, reveals to the reader the life path of Malthus, his ideas about population and economics, as well as the influence he had on world science. In his work, Drysdale explores in detail important aspects of the life of Thomas Malthus, known for his theory of population growth in geometric progression and the limitation of food resources in arithmetic progression. The book reveals the role of Malthus in the development of economic theory and his influence on subsequent researchers and thinkers. "The Life and Work of Thomas R. Malthus" helps the reader better understand the history of economic thought and open new horizons in the study of the relationship between population, resources and the development of society.