Marc-Auguste Pictet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Marc-Auguste Pictet

Swiss scientist

Date of Birth: 23-Jul-1752

Place of Birth: Geneva, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland

Date of Death: 19-Apr-1825

Profession: astronomer, physicist, university teacher, meteorologist

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Marc-Auguste Pictet

  • Marc-Auguste Pictet (French: [pikt?]; July 23, 1752 – April 19, 1825) was a scientific journalist and an experimental natural philosopher (physicist, chemist, meteorologist, astronomer) born in Geneva, Republic of Geneva. Pictet's main contribution to learning was his editing of the Bibliothèque britannique (1796-1815), devoted to the diffusion on the Continent of scientific knowledge produced in Great Britain.
  • His own scientific research was leaning towards physical sciences, especially calorimetry, but also astronomy, geology, meteorology and technology, especially chronometry and the manufacture of fine earthenware.

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