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Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, baron de l’Aulne, 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.

Anne Robert Jacques Turgot put it into action. As regional administrator and later comptroller-general of France, a nation which had succumbed to absolute monarchy, he took giant steps for liberty. He spoke out for religious toleration. He granted freedom of expression.

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.

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. 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 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. 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 was the French kingdom’s Contrôleur Général (a kind of Minister of Finance) in the first government of young King Louis XVI from 1774 to 1776.