 In 1805, Malthus became Professor of History and Political Economy at the East India Company College in Hertfordshire.His students affectionately referred to him as "Pop", "Population", or "web-toe" Malthus.Near the end of 1817, the proposed appointment of Graves Champney Haughton to the College was made a pretext by Randle Jackson and Joseph Hume to launch an attempt to close it down.