Gilbert-Urbain Guillaumin
Gilbert-Urbain Guillaumin | |
|---|---|
| Born | Template:Birth date France |
| Died | December 15, 1864 (aged 63) |
| Occupation | Publisher |
| Known for | Advocacy of liberalism, founding Édition Guillaumin, Journal des économistes |
Gilbert-Urbain Guillaumin (born 14 August 1801, died 15 December 1864) was a French publisher renowned for his advocacy of liberalism.
Personal life
After losing his parents at the age of five, Guillaumin left his strict uncle's care and relocated to Paris in 1819. He initially worked in a hardware store before establishing his own bookstore and subsequently launching a publishing company. Following the early death of his wife, he single-handedly brought up two daughters.
Édition Guillaumin
Guillaumin's publishing activities began with a concentration on literature and history, but due to financial shortcomings, he redirected his focus toward economics. In 1835, he released the Dictionnaire du commerce et des marchandises. By 1840, he introduced the Collection des principaux économistes, which included influential liberal economists such as Turgot, Adam Smith, and Jean-Baptiste Say. This initiative solidified his role as a prominent advocate for liberal free trade principles.
In 1841, Guillaumin established the Journal des économistes, which became a seminal publication in the field of political economy during the 19th century. The following year, he was instrumental in founding the liberal scholarly organization Société d'économie politique, where he took on the role of treasurer starting in 1845.
His publishing firm issued works by leading liberal economists including Frédéric Bastiat, Gustave de Molinari, and Charles Coquelin. Henri Baudrillart acknowledged Guillaumin as a pivotal figure within the French liberal tradition, while Richard Cobden regarded him as essential in uniting advocates of economic science. Additionally, Guillaumin collaborated with Victor Masson to produce the inaugural French edition of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, translated by Clémence Royer.
In 1910, Édition Guillaumin merged with the publishing house founded by Félix Alcan.