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Quesnay, François

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A great French economist, born at Mérez (Seine-et-Oise), bred to the medical profession, and eminent as a medical practitioner, was consulting physician to Louis XV., but distinguished for his articles in the "Encyclopédie" on political economy, and as the founder of the Physiocratic School (q. v .), the school which attaches special importance in State economy to agriculture (1694-1774).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Quesnay, François'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​q/quesnay-franassois.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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