Robert Owen is too late (1810's/20's) and was not associated with Quesnay, theoretically or in association. I doubt that it's Hume, given his orientation. As Diderot was organizing the "Encyclopedia" in this period, and was attempting to bring in "all" knowledge into one compendium, I'd check this. As a good Frenchman, he would have known of Quesnay, and may have had some association with him, but a good bet would be this source.

John 

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It might be David Hume.

Quoting "Deniz T. Kilincoglu" <[log in to unmask]>:

> Dear colleagues,
> I need help about a brief note I've come across in an early 19th
> century Ottoman manuscript about a mid-18th-century British
> economist/philosopher.
> According to the text, he was a contemporary of Quesnay, and that he
> and Quesnay laid the foundations of modern economics by organizing the
> economic knowledge of their age to write the earliest treatises in this
> specific field.
> The name, according to the author, is Owem or (or Owm or something like
> this--sorry, it's in Arabo-Persian script, so I can only make an
> educated guess), and no first name is given.
> It can very well be Owen too, assuming a typo or a mispronunciation.
> So, I thought about Robert Owen, obviously, but as far as I know, he
> did not pen a treatise about economics.
> Thank you very much in advance for any kind of response.
> Best wishes,
> Deniz
>
> --
> Deniz T. Kilincoglu, PhD
>
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