Jean-Robert Chouet
Jean-Robert Chouet | |
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Portrait by Robert Gardelle, ca. 1715. Oil on canvas, from the collection of the Bibliothèque de Genève. | |
| Born | 30 August 1642 |
| Died | 17 August 1731 (aged 88) Geneva |
| Nationality | Genevan |
| Alma mater | University of Geneva |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Academy of Saumur, University of Geneva |
| Academic advisors | Caspar Wyss, David Derodon |
| Doctoral students | Nicolas Fatio de Duillier, Pierre Bayle, Jean Leclerc |
Jean-Robert Chouet (30 September 1642 – 17 September 1731) was an early modern physicist and political leader in the Republic of Geneva. He is chiefly remembered for introducing Cartesianism to the Académie de Genève (now the University of Geneva).