Pictet
Pictet is the surname of several people:
- Adolphe Pictet (1799–1875), Swiss linguist
- Amé Pictet (1857–1937), Swiss chemist
- Benedict Pictet (1655–1724), Swiss theologian
- Charles Pictet de Rochemont (1755–1824), Swiss politician
- François Jules Pictet de la Rive (1809–1872), Swiss zoologist and palaeontologist
- Marc-Auguste Pictet (1752–1825), Swiss physicist
- Raoul Pictet (1846–1929), Swiss physicist, one of the first two people to liquefy oxygen
In addition to that, for:
- Pictet (crater), crater on the moon, named after Marc-Auguste Pictet
- Pictet–Spengler reaction, chemical reaction in which a β-arylethylamine is heated in the presence of an aldehyde and acid
- The Pictet Group, Geneva-based Swiss bank
- Pic-Pic, Piccard & Pictet, Swiss automobile
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, April 07, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.