Jacques Necker - Wikipedia Jacques Necker (French: [ʒak nɛkɛʁ]; 30 September 1732 – 9 April 1804) was a Genevan banker, financier and statesman who served as finance minister of France for Louis XVI He was a reformer, but his innovations sometimes caused great discontent
Jacques Necker | French Financier Statesman | Britannica Jacques Necker (born September 30, 1732, Geneva—died April 9, 1804, Coppet, Switzerland) was a Swiss banker and director general of finance (1771–81, 1788–89, 1789–90) under Louis XVI of France
Jacques Necker - World History Encyclopedia Initially popular amongst the common people, Necker played a significant role in the outset of the French Revolution (1789-1799) From humble beginnings in Geneva, Necker would become one of the most powerful men in France with his appointment as director-general of the royal treasury in 1777
Jacques Necker - University of Pennsylvania Jacques Necker, 1732 - 1804, Swiss Director of Fianance under Louis XVI Having gained a reputation as a financial writer, Necker was appointed France 's Directory of the Royal Treasury in 1776, and a year later Director General of the Finances
Necker, Jacques, 1732-1804 | Dartmouth Libraries Archives Manuscripts Necker was a constitutional monarchist, a political economist, and a moralist, who wrote a severe critique of the new principle of equality before the law Necker fully embraced the label of moderate and the concept of the golden mean
Napoleonic Satires The salon of his wife, Suzanne Necker, exerted considerable influence By measures of reform and retrenchment and by borrowing at high interest to finance the colonial cause in the American Revolution, he sought to restore the nation's financial position and gain popular confidence
Jacques Necker (and public opinion) - Digitens But when the revolution came, Necker’s reputation took on a life of its own This entry explores Necker’s changing image in revolutionary opinion to show how the revolution ultimately shifted the terms of public opinion as a form of political sociability in French politics
Jacques Necker - New World Encyclopedia Jacques Necker (September 30, 1732 – April 9, 1804) was a French statesman of Swiss origin and finance minister of King Louis XVI Jacques Necker is said by some to have provoked the French Revolution when he convened the ancient French Assembly only to ask for money