Louis Paul Abeille FRS (3 June 1719 – 28 July 1807

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) was a French

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. He was Inspector General of Manufactures and Commerce in 1765, and

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from 1769 to 1783, when he was replaced by his son, Jean Louis. He was also a member of the Agricultural Society of Paris.http://cths.fr/an/prosopo.php?id=710

Works

*''Réflexions sur la police des grains en France et en Angleterre'', 1764
''Principes sur la liberté du commerce des grains''
Desaint, 1768 *''Faits qui ont influé sur la cherté des grains en France et en Angleterre'', 1768 *''Observations de la société royale d'agriculture, sur l'uniformité des poids et mesures'', Louis-Paul Abeille, Mathieu Tillet, 1790

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Abeille, Louis Paul French economists 1719 births 1807 deaths Fellows of the Royal Society