Jean Piaget (1896-1980)

In the 1960s a white-haired, plump-cheeked gentleman could be seen riding round Geneva on his old bike puffing his pipe. This was Jean Piaget, now considered to be one of the greatest psychologists of the twentieth century. Throughout his life he opposed chauvinistic clich ?s about the development of the human being and sought to find...

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The man who invented the Canton of Geneva – Charles Pictet de Rochement

Charles Pictet de Rochement (1755-1824) If the city of Geneva owes its present structure to James Fazy, and the shape of la rade can be attributed to General Dufour, it can be stated that it was Charles Pictet-de-Rochemont who established the outline of the canton of Geneva. He was a statesman and diplomat who defended...

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