Jean-Robert Chouet

Jean-Robert Chouet
Portrait by Robert Gardelle, ca. 1715. Oil on canvas, from the collection of the Bibliothèque de Genève.
Born(1642-08-30)30 August 1642
Geneva, Republic of Geneva
Died17 August 1731(1731-08-17) (aged 88)
Geneva, Republic of Geneva
Alma materUniversity of Geneva
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsAcademy of Saumur, University of Geneva
Academic advisorsCaspar Wyss, David Derodon
Doctoral studentsNicolas Fatio de Duillier, Pierre Bayle, Jean Leclerc

Jean-Robert Chouet (30 September 1642 – 17 September 1731) was a physicist and political leader from the Republic of Geneva. He is chiefly remembered for introducing Cartesianism to the Académie de Genève (now the University of Geneva).

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