Pierre-Paul Lemercier de La Rivière de Saint-Médard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Pierre-Paul Lemercier de La Rivière de Saint-Médard

French economist

Date of Birth: 10-Mar-1719

Place of Birth: Saumur, Pays de la Loire, France

Date of Death: 27-Nov-1801

Profession: economist, colonial administrator

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Pierre-Paul Le Mercier de La Rivière (10 March 1719 – 27 November 1801) was a French colonial administrator and physiocrat economist.
Mercier was a councilor at the Parliament of Paris, intendant at Martinique in the West Indies (1759-1764), and noted advocate of Physiocracy.
In 1774, Mercier wrote a letter to Benjamin Franklin proposing to purchase 5,000 tons of Philadelphia flour.He was born at Saumur, (Maine-et-Loire) and died in 1801 in Grigny, Essonne