Turgot

[ tyr-goh ]

/ türˈgoʊ /

noun

Anne Ro·bert Jacques

[an raw-ber zhahk] /ˈan rɔˈbɛr ˈʒɑk/,1727–81, French statesman, financier, and economist.

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On that point Bill acknowledged that there was some doubt; either way, he would be very sorry for Captain Turgot.

From Powder Monkey to Admiral |W.H.G. Kingston
There is something almost tragic in the joy with which Turgot's dismissal was received on all sides. '

Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) |John Morley
Turgot intended to write several articles for the 'Encyclopædia.'

Memoirs To Illustrate The History Of My Time |Franois Pierre Guillaume Guizot
He derived the leading idea from his friend Turgot, and transmitted it to Comte.

Lectures on the French Revolution |John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

It was very imperfectly performed, and Turgot found the province groaning under a mass of fiscal anomalies and disorders.

Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) |John Morley

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Turgot

/ (French tyrɡo) /

noun

Anne Robert Jacques (ɑn rɔbɛr ʒak). 1727–81, French economist and statesman. As controller general of finances (1774–76), he attempted to abolish feudal privileges, incurring the hostility of the aristocracy and his final dismissal

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