Died 1781-03-18.
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Anne Robert Jacques Turgot
Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de l'Aulne, 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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culture · French economist and statesman (1727–1781) · economist · politician · translator · encyclopédistes · writer · philosopher · baron · also Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Ann Rober Jak Türqo, Turgot, Anne Robert Jacques, Baron de Turgot
Born 10 May 1727 · Died 18 March 1781 · Q221303
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Career landmark: Chief Minister of France (1774–1776).
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Career landmark: Secretary of State of the Navy (1774–1774).
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Career landmark: Controller-General of Finances (1774–1776).
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“A Philosophical Review of the Successive Advances of the Human Mind”
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Born 1727-05-10.
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