Necker,
Jacques 1732-1804; Fr. statesman & financier, born in Switzerland: father of Madame de Stäel
See Necker in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(nĕkˈər, nĕ-kĕrˈ), Jacques 1732-1804.
French financier and politician who advocated the formation of the States-General to effect financial reform. His brief dismissal by Louis XVI (1789) precipitated the storming of the Bastille.