Talk:Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune

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[edit] Wikify

Who are:

  • the abbé Terrasson
  • Law
  • Dupont de Nemours (Surely not the French chemical company)
  • Gournay
  • Mme Graffigny
  • Mlle. de Ligniville ("Minette"), afterwards Mme. Helvétius
  • Mme Geoffrin
  • Mme du Deffand
  • Mlle de Lespinasse
  • the duchesse d'Envilie
  • Quesnay
  • Gournay
  • the abbé Morellet
  • Josias Tucker
  • Mirabeau
  • the abbé Terray
  • Maurepas
  • the abbe Very
  • Mme. de Polignac
  • Choiseul
  • Necker
  • the comte de Guines, the ambassador in London
  • Amelot
  • Maurepas
  • the duchesse d'Enville
  • Oncken

See the links I have added above for some of these persons. olivier 08:33 Dec 9, 2002 (UTC)

Yes, this is a problem with old non-hypertext encyclopedia like Britannica. A study of such references is an art in itself :) --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 18:17, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Physiocrat?

Was Turgot a physiocrat? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 18:17, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Wow, this was posted a while ago, but to anyone else wondering, he was not a physiocrat according to http://www.boisestate.edu/econ/lreynol/web/PDF_HET/Physiocratsoutline.pdf

[edit] too long

this is too long. it should be broken up - it is also hard to understand at times. a person trying to figure out who turgot is for the first time would be confused.

[edit] WP:MilHist Assessment

Definitely long and detailed, but needs better organization. The length and density of the text can be quite intimidating. (1) Improve and expand upon the introduction paragraph. In essence, tell us all we need to know about this person in the first paragraph, before going into the true details. And.. I don't know. I'll certainly admit I have not read through the article, but many of the elements I've glanced at can be omitted, or rephrased to sound more encyclopedic. In the last section, for example, a lot is said about his character. How do we know his character? Are his friends here to tell us what he was like? This needs to be re-worked. Also, and this is my own personal feeling, but I do not really care for the mentioning of differing academic theories, mentioning scholars (Oncken and Leon Say) by name - this is an encyclopedia, not a master's thesis. However, despite my criticisms (and they are constructive criticisms, not personal attacks on the writer(s) of this article), overall it is a wonderfully detailed entry, and it even includes a picture. I give it a B, and I think with a little work it could qualify for GA or A-Class status. LordAmeth 15:51, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject class rating

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