BBC - History - Sir William Petty (1623 - 1687)
Most famous as a political economist and statistician, he made a fortune using soldiers to survey Ireland, and invented the catamaran.
History of Economic Thought ; Sir William Petty
Biography, links, and works.
Petty, Sir William
Article from the Wikipedia open encyclopedia project.
William Petty
From Thoemmes Press' Dictionary of Seventeenth-Century British Philosophers.
Works of William Petty
Several of his books and notes.