Jean Gustave Courcelle-Seneuil
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{{Short description|French economist}}
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|birth_date = {{Birth date|1813|12|22|df=y}}
|birth_place = Senouillac, France
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1892|06|29|1813|12|22|df=y}}
|death_place = Paris, France
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|known_for = Classical economics, Economic liberalism
|occupation = Economist
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Jean Gustave Courcelle-Seneuil /ʒɑ̃ɡysˈtav kuʁˈsɛl səˈnœj/ (22 December 1813 – 29 June 1892) was a French economist. He is considered to be the founder of classical economics and economic liberalism in Chile.{{Cite journal|last=Will|first=Robert M.|date=1 February 1964|title=The Introduction of Classical Economics into Chile|url=https://read.dukeupress.edu/hahr/article/44/1/1/158839/The-Introduction-of-Classical-Economics-Into-Chile|journal=The Hispanic American Historical Review|volume=44|issue=1|pages=1–21|doi=10.1215/00182168-44.1.1|issn=0018-2168|access-date=15 March 2021|doi-access=free}}{{Cite journal|last=F. Sater|first=William|date=October 1976|title=Economic Nationalism and Tax Reform in Late Nineteenth Century Chile|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/980789|journal=The Americas|volume=33|issue=2|pages=311–335|doi=10.2307/980789|jstor=980789|s2cid=147672957 }}{{cite book |last1=Pinto |first1=Aníbal |title=Chile, un caso de desarrollo frustrado |date=1973 |publisher=Editorial Universitaria |language=es}}
Early life and education
Courcelle-Seneuil was born at Senouillac (Dordogne, France) on 22 December 1813.{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Courcelle-Seneuil, Jean Gustave |volume= 7 | page = 319 }} He attended Royal College of Poitiers at University of Poitiers and later University of Paris, where he received a law degree in 1835.{{Cite web|title=Jean Gustave Courcelle-Seneuil (1813–1892) – Memoria Chilena|url=http://www.memoriachilena.gob.cl/602/w3-article-3467.html|access-date=15 March 2021|website=Memoria Chilena: Portal|language=es}}
Career
After Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte's coup d'état of 1851, Courcelle-Seneuil went to Chile on the invitation of the Chilean government. He was appointed as a professor of political economy and as a consultant to the Ministry of Finance.{{cite book |last1=O. Hirschman |first1=Albert |title=The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics |chapter=Courcelle-Seneuil, Jean Gustave (1813–1892) |chapter-url=https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1057%2F978-1-349-95121-5_376-2 |website=The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics |access-date=15 March 2021 |doi=10.1057/978-1-349-95121-5_376-2 |date=15 March 2017 |pages=1–3 |isbn=978-1-349-95121-5 }} In June 1855, he began his academic work at the Instituto Nacional, and within a year, by July 1856 he joined as a faculty of philosophy and humanities at the University of Chile. Being a strong supporter of laissez-faire, his economic ideas influenced the new breed of economists and the economic policies of Chile at the time. He influenced prominent members of the Chilean elite, particularly those who had attended his courses at the University of Chile.{{Cite journal|last=Mac-Clure|first=Oscar|date=20 May 2011|title=El economista Courcelle-Seneuil en el período fundacional de la economía como disciplina en Chile|url=https://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0718-23762011000100006&lng=es&nrm=iso&tlng=es|journal=Universum (Talca)|volume=26|issue=1|pages=93–108|doi=10.4067/S0718-23762011000100006|issn=0718-2376|doi-access=free}}
In 1858, the Chilean government sent Courcelle-Seneuil back to Europe as secretary and advisor to a delegation that sought a loan for the construction of Chile's national railway, the Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado. During that period, he wrote Traité théorique et pratique d'économie politique.
In 1863, he returned to France. In 1879 he was selected to become Councillor of State and in 1882 was elected as a member of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques.
Bibliography
- Traité théorique et pratique des opérations de banque (1853){{Cite book|last=Courcelle-Seneuil|first=Jean-Gustave (1813–1892) Auteur du texte|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k3793169|title=Les Opérations de banque, traité théorique et pratique. 10e édition, revue et mise à jour par André Liesse,... / J.-G. Courcelle-Seneuil|date=1909|language=EN}}
- Traité théorique et pratique d'économie politique (2 vols., 1858){{Cite book|last=Courcelle-Seneuil|first=Jean-Gustave (1813–1892) Auteur du texte|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9629874p|title=Traité théorique et pratique d'économie politique. Partie pratique, ou Ergonomie / par J.-G. Courcelle-Seneuil...|date=1858|language=EN}}{{Cite book|last=Courcelle-Seneuil|first=Jean Gustave|title=Traité Théorique et Pratique d'économie Politique: V. 2 (French Edition) Paperback – April 27, 2009|url=https://www.amazon.com/Trait%C3%A9-Th%C3%A9orique-Pratique-d%C3%A9conomie-Politique/dp/B002IYDFTO|access-date=29 March 2021|via=www.amazon.com|date=27 April 2009|publisher=University of Michigan Library}}
- Études sur la science sociale (1862){{Cite book|last=Courcelle-Seneuil|first=Jean Gustave|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2gSGPHq8ZsUC|title=Études sur la science sociale|date=1862|publisher=Guillaumin|language=fr}}{{Cite web|last=SAXO.com|title=Få Etudes Sur La Science Sociale (1862) af Jean Gustave Courcelle Senueil som Paperback bog på fransk|url=https://www.saxo.com/dk/etudes-sur-la-science-sociale-1862_paperback_9781120507792|access-date=29 March 2021|website=SAXO.com|language=da}}
- La Banque libre (1867){{Cite web|title=La banque libre : exposé des fonctions du commerce de banque et de son application à l'agriculture, suivi de divers écrits de controverse sur la liberté des banques / par J.G. Courcelle Seneuil.|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/18369632|access-date=29 March 2021|website=trove.nla.gov.au}}{{Cite web|title=La Banque Libre|url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/44619106-la-banque-libre|access-date=29 March 2021|website=www.goodreads.com}}
- Liberté et socialisme (1868){{Cite web|title=Liberté et socialisme ou discussion des principes de l'organisation du travail industriel|url=https://pmb.parlamento.gub.uy/pmb/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=32012|access-date=29 March 2021|website=General Assembly of Uruguay}}
- Protection et libre échange (1879){{Cite book|last=Courcelle-Seneuil|first=Jean-Gustave (1813–1892) Auteur du texte|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k756577|title=Protection et libre échange / par Courcelle-Seneuil...|date=1879|language=EN}}{{Cite web|title=Protection et libre-echange|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26463869-protection-et-libre-echange|access-date=29 March 2021|website=www.goodreads.com}}
Courcelle-Seneuil also translated John Stuart Mill's Principles of Political Economy into French language.{{cite journal |last=Hirschman |first=Albert O. |date=January 2017 |title=Courcelle-Seneuil, Jean Gustave (1813–1892) |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321185443 |journal=The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics |pages=1–3 |doi=10.1057/978-1-349-95121-5_376-2 |isbn=978-1-349-95121-5 |access-date=29 March 2021}}
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Category:University of Paris alumni
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