Michel-Étienne Turgot (; ; 9 June 1690 in

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– 1 February 1751 in 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 "" ("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

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, economist and Minister of

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, naturalist, administrator of Malta and governor of

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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.

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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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