François Véron Duverger de Forbonnais

François Véron Duverger de Forbonnais (3 October 1722 – 19 September 1800) was a French political economist and contributor to the Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers.

Life François Véron Duverger de Forbonnais was born in Le Mans and educated in Paris. After working for his father's textile business, he settled in Paris and became inspector-general of the French coinage in 1752.

He edited the Journal de l'agriculture, du commerce et des finances in the 1760s, and would help draw up Le Mans' Cahiers de doléances in 1789.

He died in Paris.

Works

Considérations sur les finances d'Espagne, 1753 Elémens du commerce, 1754 Questions sur le commerce des françois au Levant, 1755 Essai sur l'admission des navires neutres dans nos colonies, 1756 Recherches et considérations sur les finances de France depuis 1595 jusqu'en 1721, 1758 Principes et observations oeconomiques, 1767