Jacques (ʒak). 1732–1804, French financier and statesman, born in Switzerland; finance minister of France (1777–81; 1788–90). He attempted to reform the fiscal system and in 1789 he recommended summoning the States General. His subsequent dismissal was one of the causes of the storming of the Bastille (1789)
Necker in American English
(neɪˈkɛʀ; E ˈnɛkər)
Jacques (ʒɑk) 1732-1804; Fr. statesman & financier, born in Switzerland: father of Madame de Stäel