Michel-Étienne Turgot
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Michel-Étienne Turgot (1690–1751)[1] was prévôt des marchands de Paris ("Master of the merchants of Paris", i.e. Mayor of Paris)[2] from 1729 to 1740. His name is associated to one of the most famous maps of Paris, the "Plan de Turgot" or "Plan Turgot",[3][4][5] a detailed bird-eye view of Paris realized by Louis Bretez from 1734 to 1739.[6][7]
Michel-Étienne Turgot was the father of the famous Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, economist and Minister of Louis XVI.[8] Both were buried in the Chapel of Hôpital Laënnec in Paris.
[edit] Notes
- ^ University of Southern Maine
- ^ Turgot by Leon Say, Gustave Masson, p.17
- ^ University of Southern Maine
- ^ Turgot by Leon Say, Gustave Masson, p.17
- ^ Martin's History of France by Henri Martin, p.163
- ^ Brain Chemistry and the French Connection, 1791-1841 by Donald Bayley Tower, p.105 [1]
- ^ Law, Magistracy, and Crime in Old Regime Paris, 1735-1789 by Richard Mowery Andrews p.4 [2]
- ^ Turgot by Leon Say, Gustave Masson, p.17
[edit] External links
- Plan de Paris, University of Southern Maine
- Plan de Paris, University of Chicago
- (French) Plan de Paris, scanned from the original edition, with zoom and navigation
