Étienne-François Turgot

Étienne-François Turgot
Born16 June 1721
Paris
Died21 October 1789(1789-10-21) (aged 68)
Bons-Tassilly
Occupationcivil servant
Known forNaturalist , civil servant
ParentMichel-Étienne Turgot
RelativesAnne Robert Jacques Turgot

Étienne-François Turgot, last Lord of Brucourt, marquis of Soumont, (16 June 1721, Paris – 21 October 1789, Paris) was an 18th-century French naturalist, knight of Malta and governor of French Guiana.

His knowledge of natural history, surgery, medicine and agriculture made him a free correspondent of the French Academy of Sciences. He was a contributor to the Encyclopédie.

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