Turgot,
Anne Robert Jacques Baron de l'Aulne 1727-81; Fr. economist & statesman
See Turgot in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(to͝or-gōˈ, tür-), Anne Robert Jacques 1727-1781.
French economist. Appointed controller general under Louis XVI (1774), he was dismissed (1776) after proposing reforms that were unpopular with the aristocracy.