Auguste Brunet

Biography

Auguste Brunet (1787–1827) was a French economist whose intellectual contributions came during the early decades of the 19th century. Working in the aftermath of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic periods, he engaged with the economic theories and practical challenges of post-war French reconstruction and development.

Brunet's forty-year life represented the generation of scholars and thinkers who sought to understand and shape the economic policies of the restored French state. His burial at Père Lachaise Cemetery reflects the intellectual esteem in which he was held and his contributions to French economic thought during a formative period.