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May 14, 2018 · The French economist Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de I'Aulne (1721-1781), was controller general under Louis XVI. His efforts to reform the Old Regime were thwarted by the failure of the King to support him against the opposition of the privileged classes.
Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, baron de l'Aulne note 1 note 2, souvent appelé Turgot, né le 10 mai 1727 à Paris et mort le 18 mars 1781, est un homme politique et économiste français. Partisan des théories libérales de Quesnay et de Gournay, il est nommé secrétaire d’État à la Marine, puis contrôleur général des finances du roi Louis XVI.
Mar 1, 2001 · Mar 1 2001. Life and Works of Anne Robert Jacques Turgot. 0. By David M. Hart. Turgot’s Life (1727-1781) A. R. J. Turgot. ZOOM. Picture of A. R. J. Turgot courtesy of. The Warren J. Samuels Portrait Collection at Duke University. T urgot was born in Paris on May 10, 1727 and. died in Paris on March 20, 1781. He came.
Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune (May 10, 1727 – March 18, 1781) was perhaps the leading economist of eighteenth century France. Although often put together with Francois Quesnay and the Physiocrats, his contributions were quite distinct and advanced considerably upon Physiocratic theories.
(1727–1781) The French statesman, economist, and philosopher of history Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de l'Aulne, was born in Paris. He began formal theological training in 1743, anticipating a career in the church. As a young scholar at the Sorbonne (1749 – 1751) he showed brilliant promise in several writings on the philosophy of history.
Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, baron de l’Aulne, (born, May 10, 1727, Paris, France—died March 18, 1781, Paris), French administrator and economist. He entered the royal administrative branch of the magistracy in 1753, then became intendant (governor) of Limoges (1761–74), where he instituted economic and administrative reforms.
Aug 5, 2021 · Introduction. Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot was the French kingdom’s Contrôleur Général (a kind of Minister of Finance) in the first government of young King Louis XVI from 1774 to 1776. During this brief period, he attempted to implement wide-ranging economic and administrative reforms that he believed were an absolute necessity to stave off ...
