Jean Christophe Fatio

Jean Christophe Fatio (1659–1720) was a Swiss natural philosopher and Fellow of the Royal Society.

He was the elder brother of Nicolas Fatio. He was elected F.R.S. on 3 April 1706 and published in the Philosophical Transactions (xxv. 2241–6) a description of an eclipse of the sun which he had observed at Geneva on 12 May of that year. He died at Geneva in October 1720. By his wife Catherine, daughter of Jean Gassand of Forealquiere in Provence, to whom he was married in 1709, he left no issue.

References

• Mandelbrote, Scott. "Fatio, Nicolas, of Duillier (1664–1753), mathematician and natural philosopher". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/9056.  (Subscription or UK public library membership required.). The first edition of this text is available as an article on Wikisource:  "Faccio, Nicolas". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. 

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 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Faccio, Nicolas". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.