. The history of the world; a survey of a man's record . Four Industrial Eeformers (1) Colbert and (2) Turgot. (3) Arkwright and (4) Watt. DESCEIPTION OF THE POETEAITS OF INDITSTEIAL EEFOEMEES 1. Jean Baptiste Colbert, born in Reims, August 29, 1619 ; employed in the office of MichelLe Tellier, secretary of state in 1648, assisted to the position of councillor of state and secretary tothe queen by Mazarin in 1654; in 1661 surintendant of finance; 1665 comptroller-general offinance; 1669 minister of state, surintendant of the royal buildings, of fine arts and manufactures,and, later, chief of t
. The history of the world; a survey of a man's record . Four Industrial Eeformers (1) Colbert and (2) Turgot. (3) Arkwright and (4) Watt. DESCEIPTION OF THE POETEAITS OF INDITSTEIAL EEFOEMEES 1. Jean Baptiste Colbert, born in Reims, August 29, 1619 ; employed in the office of MichelLe Tellier, secretary of state in 1648, assisted to the position of councillor of state and secretary tothe queen by Mazarin in 1654; in 1661 surintendant of finance; 1665 comptroller-general offinance; 1669 minister of state, surintendant of the royal buildings, of fine arts and manufactures,and, later, chief of the department of marine. Died as Marquis de Seignelay, September 6, 1683,in Paris. (Painted by Philippe de Champaigne, engraved by Nanteuil, 1662.) 2. Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de IAulne ; born in Paris, May 10, 1727; in Decem-ber, 1749, prior of the Sorbonne, in 1751 exchanged the pursuit of religion for a position under thegovernment, becoming the substitute of the j^rocurator-general, and parliamentary councillor in1752, master of petitions
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