Pictet, Pierre (* 1703.04.05 † 1768.05.17)
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The son of a patrician family, Pierre Pictet was born on 5 April 1703. He studied law at the Academy of Geneva and passed the official law exam on March 29, 1723. He succeeded Jean Cramer on the chair of natural and civil law on June 5, 1739. He held the chair until 1757. He was elected member of the Council of Two Hundred in 1734, and of the Council of Sixty in 1749. He died on 17 May 1768.
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Nothing is known about publications or manuscripts. There are lecture notes taken by a member of the family Du Gard d'Echichens, a compendium partly extracted from Pictet's courses.
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Du Gard d'Echichens, T., Abrégé de Droit Naturel Dont les 10 premiers chapitres sont tirés des leçons de Monsieur Pictet Professeur en Droit à Genève. Quant aux autres je les aÿ faits Moy même à l'aide de quelques autheurs (s.l., 21.06.1741-09.08.1742), Archives cantonales vaudoises, ACV P Buren (de) 19: Digital version
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Literature:Favet, Grégoire: Les syndics de Genève au XVIIIe siècle: étude du personnel politique de la République (Geneva: Société d'histoire et d'archéologie de Genève, 1998), see especially p. 83-87.
Stelling-Michaud, Sven et Stelling-Michaud, Suzanne (eds.): Le livre du recteur de l'Académie de Genève: 1559-1878 (Geneva: Droz, 1959-1980), vol. 5, see especially p. 182-183.
Online Resources:"Pictet, Pierre (1703-1768)" in Lumières.Lausanne: https://lumieres.unil.ch/fiches/bio/2916/?q=Pictet