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Charles-Louis Loys de Cheseaux

Swiss historian

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionMar 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ18945142 ↗
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Charles-Louis Loys de Cheseaux (1730 – 1789) was a Swiss historian.

Life

Born in Lausanne, he was a member of Bern's economic society.

Among his works is a history of physics in two volumes. Some of his works were translated in various languages in Europe.

Works

Discours philosophique sur la physique et l'histoire naturelle (in French). Lausanne: Antoine Chapuis. 1762.

Discorso filosofico sulla fisica e storia naturale (in Italian). Tübingen: Stamperia Reissiana. 1777.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Charles-Louis Loys de Cheseaux” as swiss historian. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1730, 1789, 1762, 1777—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Charles-Louis, Loys and Cheseaux can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as swiss historian. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q18945142. The first chronological checks are 1730, 1789, 1762 and 1777.

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This entry incorporates text from “Charles-Louis Loys de Cheseaux” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.