# Mr. Duprè de St. Maur — The Wealth of Nations character guide

> Mr. Duprè de St. Maur in The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Duprè de St. Maur

**First appearance:** 0020-digression-concerning-the-variations-in-the-value-of-silver-during-the-course-of-the-four-last-centuries

## Who they are

French author cited on population and prices.

## In the story

### [III: Of the Variations in the Proportion Between the Respective Values of That Sort of Produce Which Always Affords Rent, and of That Which Sometimes Does and Sometimes Does Not Afford Rent](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wealth_of_nations_se/chapters/iii-of-the-variations-in-the-proportion-between-the-respective-values-of-that-sort-of-produce-which-always-affords-rent-and-of-that-which-sometimes-does-and-sometimes-does-not-afford-rent)

Mentioned as a collector of French market price data.

### [Digression Concerning the Variations in the Value of Silver During the Course of the Four Last Centuries](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wealth_of_nations_se/chapters/digression-concerning-the-variations-in-the-value-of-silver-during-the-course-of-the-four-last-centuries)

Mentioned as a collector of French market price data used to support Smith's argument on corn prices.

### [First Period](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wealth_of_nations_se/chapters/first-period)

Mentioned alongside Bishop Fleetwood for collecting ancient prices, with their facts coinciding on corn prices despite differing opinions.

### [Third Period](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wealth_of_nations_se/chapters/third-period)

Mentioned as one of the collectors of corn prices in France.

### [Conclusion of the Digression Concerning the Variations in the Value of Silver](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wealth_of_nations_se/chapters/conclusion-of-the-digression-concerning-the-variations-in-the-value-of-silver)

Referenced as having collected French market data on corn prices.

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