Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune
Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune was born on May 10, 1727. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune
Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de l'Aulne ( toor-GOH; French: [an ʁɔbɛʁ ʒak tyʁɡo]; 10 May 1727 – 18 March 1781), commonly known as Turgot, was a French economist and statesman. Sometimes considered a physiocrat, he is today best remembered as an early advocate for economic liberalism. He is thought to have been the first political economist to have postulated something like the law of diminishing marginal returns in agriculture.