Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot

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Enlightenment thinker French politician economist human statesman

Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot was an 18th-century French economist, statesman, and early advocate of economic liberalism whose ideas influenced later classical economics.

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instanceOf Enlightenment thinker ⓘ
French politician ⓘ
economist ⓘ
human ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
appointedBy Louis XVI of France ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1727-05-10 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1781-03-18 ⓘ
describedAs early advocate of economic liberalism ⓘ
reformer of French public finances ⓘ
educatedAt Collège du Plessis ⓘ
La Sorbonne ⓘ
surface form: Sorbonne
era Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
familyName Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Turgot
fieldOfWork economics ⓘ
political economy ⓘ
politics ⓘ
public finance ⓘ
givenName Anne-Robert-Jacques ⓘ
headOfGovernment Louis XVI of France ⓘ
influenced Adam Smith ⓘ
classical economics ⓘ
influencedBy François Quesnay ⓘ
Vincent de Gournay ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
movement economic liberalism ⓘ
physiocracy ⓘ
nativeLanguage French ⓘ
notableIdea capital accumulation theory ⓘ
diminishing returns ⓘ
free trade ⓘ
laissez-faire ⓘ
notableWork Lettre sur la liberté du commerce des grains ⓘ
Réflexions sur la formation et la distribution des richesses ⓘ
Éloge de Gournay ⓘ
occupation economist ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
politician ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kingdom of France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
placeOfDeath Kingdom of France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
positionHeld Jean-Baptiste Colbert ⓘ
surface form: Controller-General of Finances of France

Intendant of Limoges ⓘ
Minister of the Navy of France ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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