| Authorised form of name | Pictet; Marc-Auguste (1752 - 1825) |
| Dates | 1752 - 1825 |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Place of birth | Geneva, Switzerland |
| Date of birth | 23 July 1752 |
| Place of death | Geneva, Switzerland |
| Date of death | 19 April 1825 |
| Research field | Physics |
| Activity | Education:
Pupil and life long friend of H B de Saussure (FRS 1788)
Career:
Professor of Philosophy, Geneva (succeeded Saussure)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 05/05/1791 |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
References:
C W P MacArthur, 'Davy's Differences With Gay-Lussac and Thenard: New Light on Events in Paris and on the Transmission and Translation of Davy's Papers in 1810' in NR 1984-85 vol 39 pp 207-228 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/56722157 |
| Royal Society code | NA6136 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| CB/2/472 | Copy of a letter from Charles Blagden to M A Pictet | 17 November 1790 |
| CB/2/513 | Copy of a letter from Charles Blagden to M A Pictet | 8 April 1791 |
| CB/2/547 | Copy of a letter from Charles Blagden to M A Pictet | 26 July 1791 |
| CB/2/448 | Copy of a letter from Charles Blagden to M A Pictet | 21 September 1790 |
| CB/2/576 | Copy of a letter from Charles Blagden to M A Pictet | 10 October 1791 |
| CB/2/421 | Copy of a letter from Charles Blagden to M A Pictet | 8 June 1790 |
| CB/2/417 | Copy of a letter from Charles Blagden to M A Pictet | 21 May 1790 |
| CB/2/625 | Copy of a letter from Charles Blagden to M A Pictet | 9 March 1792 |
| CB/2/225 | Copy of a letter from Charles Blagden to M A Pictet | 9 April 1789 |
| IM/003586 | Pictet, Marc-Auguste | 1821 |
| EC/1791/13 | Pictet, Marc-Auguste: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| CB/1/1/251 | Drafts of letters from Charles Blagden to Claude Louis Berthollet, William Lewis, R Hale, Mr Osborn, M Pictet, Mrs Guy and Dr Odier | 19 April-24 May 1791 |
| AP/4/10/5 | Unpublished fragment of a letter, regarding a watchmaking machine from [Paul?] Preudhomme to Jaq [James] Hutton | 29 September 1779 |
| L&P/9/189/1 | Letter, 'Considerations on the convenience of measuring an arch of the meridian, and of the parallel of attitude, having the Observatory of Geneva for their common intersection' from Marc Auguste Pictet to Joseph Banks | 20 October 1790 |
| L&P/9/189 | Paper, 'Considerations on the convenience of measuring an arch of the meridian, and of the parallel of attitude, having the Observatory of Geneva for their common intersection' by Marc Auguste Pictet | 20 October 1790 |