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Jean Robert Tronchin

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Jean-Robert Tronchin (3 August 1710, Geneva - 11 March 1793, Rolle), Attorney General, member of the State Council of Geneva was the son of Jean Tronchin (1672–1761). He busied himself on a friendly basis of Voltaire's interests and maintained a correspondence on artistic subjects with Denis Diderot.

Cabinetmakers of the period gave his name to pretty reading light tables rack ("tables à la Tronchin"). He was the brother of Francis Tronchin, Voltaire's friend and the cousin of Theodore Tronchin, his doctor.

Works

  • 1764: Deux discours sur l'esprit de parti prononcés par M. Tronchin (...) dans l'assemblée du Conseil des Deux-Cent de la République de Genève au commencement de l'année 1762 et au commencement de l'année 1764, Neufchâtel.
  • 1765: Lettres écrites de la campagne, Geneva
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