Michel-Etienne Turgot ( fr. Michel-Étienne Turgot ) ( June 9, 1690 , Paris - February 1, 1751 , Paris) - the merchant prime minister of Paris, who held this position from 1729 to 1740 [1] . Best known as the initiator of the creation of the so-called " Turgot Plan " - one of the most famous maps of Paris, created in the period from 1734 to 1736 [2] [3] .
| Michel Etienne Turgot | |
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| fr. Michel-Étienne turgot | |
 Turgot portrait by Van Loo . 1739 year. | |
| Date of Birth | June 9, 1690 |
| Place of Birth | Paris |
| Date of death | February 1, 1751 (60 years old) |
| Place of death | Paris |
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| Children | Anne Robert Jacques Turgot |
In 1727, Turgot had a son, Anne, Robert Jacques , who later became a well-known economist and minister at the court of Louis XVI .
Notes
- ↑ Turgot by Leon Say, Gustave Masson, p.17
- ↑ Brain Chemistry and the French Connection, 1791–1841 by Donald Bayley Tower, p.105 [1]
- ↑ Law, Magistracy, and Crime in Old Regime Paris, 1735–1789 by Richard Mowery Andrews p.4 [2]