Jacques Necker (1732–1804)
Author of Of the importance of religious opinions
About the Author
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Works by Jacques Necker
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1732-09-30
- Date of death
- 1804-04-09
- Gender
- male
- Occupations
- politician
French Minister of Finances (1777-1781)
writer
public official
French Minister of Finances (1788-1789)
French Minister of Finances (1789-1790) (show all 8)
Prime Minister of France (1788-1789)
Prime Minister of France (1789-1790) - Relationships
- de Stael, Germaine (daughter)
Necker, Suzanne (wife) - Short biography
- Jacques Necker was a wealthy Swiss financier who became Finance Minister to King Louis XVI of France in 1776. He married Suzanne Curchod, who became a famous Parisian salonnière; they were the parents of Anne-Louise-Germaine, Madame de Staël. Necker was dismissed from his post in 1781, then recalled in 1788, dismissed again in July 1789, and recalled again later that month. He finally resigned in 1790 and spent the rest of his life in retirement at his estate of Coppet near Geneva, which also became the refuge of Madame de Staël.
- Nationality
- Republic of Geneva (birth)
France - Birthplace
- Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Places of residence
- Coppet, Switzerland
Paris, France - Place of death
- Coppet, Switzerland
- Associated Place (for map)
- Switzerland
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Reviews
"I send herewith a new Work of Mr Necker's on the Finances of France. You will find good Things in it, particularly his Chapter on War ... I think I sent you formerly his Conte rendu. This work makes more Talk here than that tho' that made abundance. I will not say that the Writer thinks higher of himself and his Abilities than they deserve, but I wish for his own sake that he had kept such Sentiments more out of sight." - BF to Richard Price, 1784, sending a copy of Necker's De show more l'administration des finances de la France. show less
Statistics
- Works
- 14
- Members
- 50
- Popularity
- #316,247
- Reviews
- 1
- ISBNs
- 10
- Languages
- 1