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Necker — Genevan banker, Louis XVI’s director-general of finances
A Genevan banker and Protestant, he made his fortune in Paris and governed the kingdom’s finances without being able to bear the title, which his religion closed to him. He financed the American war by borrowing, published the king’s accounts — an unheard-of thing — and had to resign for having done so. (Editorial synthesis)
Necker was born on 30 September 1732. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Necker was born in Geneva. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Necker died on 9 April 1804. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
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