John Wheeler (died 1617) was an English businessman under the reigns of
Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I (7 September 153324 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. Elizabeth was the last of the five House of Tudor monarchs and is sometimes referred to as the "Virgin Queen".
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and
James I James I may refer to:
People
*James I of Aragon (1208–1276)
*James I of Sicily or James II of Aragon (1267–1327)
*James I, Count of La Marche (1319–1362), Count of Ponthieu
*James I, Count of Urgell (1321–1347)
*James I of Cyprus (1334–13 ...
. Between 1601 and 1608 he was secretary of the
Merchants Adventurers of England, an international trading company. In this capacity, he wrote and published in 1601 ''A Treatise of Commerce'', considered both an early example of corporate publicity and "a manifesto of economic nationalism,
..domestic monopolies and protectionist policies vis-à-vis foreign traders for the power and prestige of the nation".
He is often confused with, but different from, the
John Wheeler who was
Member of Parliament
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for
Great Yarmouth
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in the Parliament of 1604–1611.
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16th-century births
17th-century deaths
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