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Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, baron de l’Aulne, (born, May 10, 1727, Paris, France—died March 18, 1781, Paris), French economist who was an administrator under Louis XV and served as the comptroller general of finance (1774–76) under Louis XVI. His efforts at instituting financial reform were blocked by the privileged classes. Youth

Anne Robert Turgot (1727-1781) was a nobleman, economist and government minister, best known for his attempts at economic reform in the 1770s. As a young man Turgot attended the Sorbonne with a view towards entering the clergy, however, he abandoned a church career in favour of economics.

Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot. 1727-1781. T urgot was the French Adam Smith. His Reflections on the Production and Distribution of Wealth, which predated Smith’s The Wealth of Nations by ten years, argues against government intervention in the economic sector.

Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, baron de l’Aulne, (born, May 10, 1727, Paris, France—died March 18, 1781, Paris), French administrator and economist. He entered the royal administrative branch of the magistracy in 1753, then became intendant (governor) of Limoges (1761–74), where he instituted economic and administrative reforms.

Anne Robert Jacques Turgot. The French economist Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de I'Aulne (1721-1781), was controller general under Louis XVI. His efforts to reform the Old Regime were thwarted by the failure of the King to support him against the opposition of the privileged classes.

Anne Robert Jacques Turgot Title Baron de l'Aulne Life 1727 - 1781 His traces in Versailles His representations Born in Paris in 1727, son of the Provost of Parisian Merchants, Anne Robert Jacques Turgot was admitted as prior to the Sorbonne in 1749.

The French statesman, economist, and philosopher of history Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de l'Aulne, was born in Paris. He began formal theological training in 1743, anticipating a career in the church. As a young scholar at the Sorbonne (1749 – 1751) he showed brilliant promise in several writings on the philosophy of history.

Turgot applied many of his laissez-faire economic beliefs during his thirteen-year appointment as chief administrator for the Limoges district (1761-74) under Louis XV and as minister of finance, trade, and public works from 1774 to 1776 under newly anointed Louis XVI.