François Véron Duverger de Forbonnais

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

[1][2] 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.

[3] He edited the Journal de l’agriculture, du commerce et des finances in the 1760s, and would help draw up Le Mans' noble Cahier de Doleances in 1789.

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