Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert

Boisguilbert
Pierre le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert
Born	(1646-02-17)17 February 1646 Rouen
Died	10 October 1714(1714-10-10) (aged 68) Rouen
Nationality	French
Academic career
Field	Political economics
School or tradition	Physiocrats

Pierre le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert or Boisguillebert (French: [bwaɡilbɛʁ]; 17 February 1646 – 10 October 1714) was a French lawmaker and a Jansenist, one of the inventors of the notion of an economic market.