Turgot

American  

[tyr-goh] / türˈgoʊ /

noun

1. Anne Robert Jacques 1727–81, French statesman, financier, and economist.

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Turgot British  

/ tyrɡo /

noun

1. Anne Robert Jacques (ɑn rɔbɛr ʒak). 1727–81, French economist and statesman. As controller general of finances (1774–76), he attempted to abolish feudal privileges, incurring the hostility of the aristocracy and his final dismissal

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Turgot

"No means, no silence," read one cardboard sign outside the Turgot high school.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

Rothbard blamed Smith’s celebrity for blotting out the better work of abler minds, but Turgot had kept his genius mainly to himself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

She was clearly a formidable character, not sparing the rod for her children, and "feared by people while they loved her", Turgot wrote.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2016

Frenchman Sebastien Turgot, who was on the attack all day, finished second, outsprinting Italian Alessandro Ballan on the Roubaix velodrome.

From New York Times ● Apr. 9, 2012

For two years Turgot was the reigning influence at the council board.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Herbert Eugene Bolton

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