Mathieu de la Porte ( Nijmegen, 17th century - 1722) was a French

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Life

De la Porte was the son of a French merchant who had moved to the

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. He moved back to France when he was 18 and recanted the Protestant faith. He joined the

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of the "maître écrivain" and taught accounting and arithmetic. His work "Guide des negocians" is known as one of the most popular books about

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and had 23 editions between 1685 and 1787.Arithmétique politique dans la France du XVIIIe siècle
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