Jacques Peuchet (1758–1830) was a French jurist, statistician and compiler of archives. A monarchist, he was keeper of the archives of the French police.

Karl Marx Karl Heinrich Marx (; 5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist, critic of political economy, and socialist revolutionary. His best-known titles are the 1848 ...

gave a vivid summary of Peuchet's career:

Life

Trained as a lawyer, Peuchet worked as a secretary to

André Morellet André Morellet (7 March 172712 January 1819) was a French economist, author of various writings, contributor to the and one of the last Enlightenment Age .'' Biography Born at Lyon, and educated by the Jesuits there, Morellet completed his ...

in the 1780s. He wrote a (1789) 'Discours preliminaire' on police etc. for the '' Encyclopédie Méthodique'' He was also employed by

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and Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne. Jean Tulard
Peuchet, Jacques (1758-1830)
'' Encyclopædia Universalis'' (online). Accessed 19 November 2019. He inherited Morellet's archives, using them for several works on economics and statistics.

Works

* ''Dictionnaire universel de la géographie commerçante''. 5 vols. Paris: Blanchon, 1793. * ''Vocabulaire des termes de commerce, banque, manufactures, navigation marchande, finance mercantile et statistique'', 1801 * ''Statistique élémentaire de la France: contenant les principes de cette science et leur application à l'analyse de la richesse, des forces et de la puissance de l'Empire français: à l'usage des personnes qui se destinent à l'étude de l'administration'', 1805 * ''Campaigns of the armies of France, in Prussia, Saxony, and Poland'', Boston: Farrand, Mallory, and Co., 1808. Translated by Samuel Mackay from the French ''Campagne des armées françaises, en Prusse, en Saxe et en Pologne''.

References

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