Turgot — Erosophia Encyclopedia

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Turgot — Louis XVI’s minister, from 1774 to 1776

An economist made minister at the accession of a king of nineteen, he attempted in twenty months what the monarchy never did: no bankruptcy, no new tax, no loan. He freed the grain trade, abolished the corvée and the guilds, and was dismissed by those whom those measures disturbed — the people as much as the privileged. (Editorial synthesis)

Turgot was born on 10 May 1727. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)

Turgot was born in Paris. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)

Turgot died on 18 March 1781. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)

Turgot died in Paris. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)

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