Jean-Baptiste Colbert

(1619-1683)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Colbert, Jean-Baptiste, 1619-1683 LBT ID: JeColbe1683 VIAF ID: 59175183 LOC ID: n50031188	B/BAP: 1619-08-29 DIED: 1683-09-06
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French minister of finances (1665-83) in the reign of King Louis XIV.
REFERENCES TO Jean-Baptiste Colbert: Saba Holland, A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Chapter VI Found 1: ¶ 108