Anne Robert Jacques Turgot
1727 – 1781 · aged 54
French economist and statesman (1727–1781)
- Born
- 10 May 1727 · Paris
- Died
- 18 Mar 1781 · Paris
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- 10 May 1727BornBorn in Paris
- 1774 – 1776RoleController-General of Finances
- 1774RoleSecretary of State of the Navy
- 1774 – 1776RoleChief Minister of France
- 18 Mar 1781DiedDied in Paris
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- 1756 – 1763Seven Years' War
- c. 1760 – 1840Industrial Revolution
- 1765 – 1783American Revolution
Biography
Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de l'Aulne (English: toor-GOH; French: [an ʁɔbɛʁ ʒak tyʁɡo]; 10 May 1727 – 18 March 1781), commonly known as Turgot, was a French economist and statesman. Sometimes considered a physiocrat, he is today best remembered as an early advocate for economic liberalism. He is thought to have been the first political economist to have postulated something like the law of diminishing marginal returns in agriculture.
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