Michel-Étienne Turgot (; ; 9 June 1690, Paris – 1 February 1751, Paris) was ''prévôt des marchands de Paris'' ("Master of the merchants of Paris", i.e. Mayor of Paris) from 1729 to 1740. His name is associated with one of the most famous maps of Paris, the "
Plan de Turgot" ("Turgot Map"), a detailed bird's-eye view of Paris realized by
Louis Bretez from 1734 to 1739.
Michel-Étienne Turgot was the father of the famous
Anne Robert Jacques Turgot
Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de l'Aulne ( ; ; 10 May 172718 March 1781), commonly known as Turgot, was a French economist and statesman. Originally considered a physiocrat, he is today best remembered as an early advocate for economic libe ...
, economist and Minister of
Louis XVI
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and
Étienne-François Turgot Étienne-François Turgot, last Lord of Brucourt, marquis of Soumont, (16 June 1721, Paris – 21 October 1789, Paris) was an 18th-century French naturalist, knight of Malta and governor of French Guiana.
His knowledge of natural history, surgery ...
, naturalist, administrator of Malta and governor of
French Guiana
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''Turgot'' by Leon Say, Gustave Masson, p. 17
/ref> Son and father were buried in the Chapel of Hôpital Laënnec in Paris.
References
Bibliography
* Bourne, Henry E. (1905). ''A History of Mediaeval and Modern Europe''. New York: Longmans, Grenn.
* Phillips, Philip Lee (1909). ''A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress. Vol I: Atlases''. Washington: Government Printing Office.
* Say, Léon (1888). ''Turgot'', translated by Gustave Masson. London: George Routledge and Sons
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18th-century French cartographers
Artists from Paris
1690 births
1751 deaths
Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
Provost of the Merchants of Paris