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Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de l'Aulne (/ t ʊər ˈ ɡ oʊ / toor-GOH; French:; 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.
Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot. 1727-1781. T urgot was the French Adam Smith. His Reflections on the Production and Distribution of Wealth, which predated Smith’s The Wealth of Nations by ten years, argues against government intervention in the economic sector.
May 8, 2024 · Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, baron de l’Aulne (born, May 10, 1727, Paris, France—died March 18, 1781, Paris) was a French economist who was an administrator under Louis XV and served as the comptroller general of finance (1774–76) under Louis XVI.
Mar 1, 2001 · 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. from an old Norman family but did not always use.
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.
1727 - 1781. His traces in Versailles. His representations. Born in Paris in 1727, son of the Provost of Parisian Merchants, Anne Robert Jacques Turgot was admitted as prior to the Sorbonne in 1749.
Anne Robert Turgot (1727-1781) was a nobleman, economist and government minister, best known for his attempts at economic reform in the 1770s. As a young man Turgot attended the Sorbonne with a view towards entering the clergy, however he abandoned a church career in favour of economics.
Turgot recognized the function of the division of labor, investigated how prices were determined, and analyzed the origins of economic growth. Like Quesnay, Turgot was a leading Physiocrat and attempted to reform the most stifling of government economic policies.
Aug 5, 2021 · 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.
