Swiss patriot; born at Rolle, Vaud, in 1754; studied at Tubingen, and became tutor to a young Russian nobleman; later, to the grandsons of Catherine II. of Russia, Alexander, afterward emperor, and Constantine. In 1793 he was pensioned and returned to Switzerland. He took part in the revolution in his native canton, resulting in the calling in of the French troops, and the proclamation of the Lemanic Republic, which after the establishment of the Helvetian Republic was incorporated in it as the canton of Leman. He was a member of the Swiss Directory, 1798–1800, and was given the honorary title of general by Emperor Alexander of Russia, his former pupil. He died opn the 30th of March 1838.
