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Walter Augustus Wyckoff (1865–1908)
Wyckoff, Walter Augustus. An American author and assistant professor of political economy at Princeton University; born in Mainpuri, India, April 12, 1865; died on May 15, 1908. In order to ascertain the actual conditions surrounding the American workingman, he spent two years in toil as an unskilled laborer, and worked his way from Connecticut to California to carry out his experiment. His experiences are related in his book, ‘The Workers—East and West’ (1897–98).