Charles-Moïse Briquet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles-Moïse Briquet

Swiss historian (1839-1918)

Date of Birth: 30-Aug-1839

Place of Birth: Geneva, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland

Date of Death: 24-Jan-1918

Profession: entrepreneur, historian, philanthropist

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Charles Moïse Briquet (30 August 1839, in Geneva – 24 January 1918, in Geneva) was a noted Swiss filigranologist.
He was the first, or among the first, to suggest the use of watermarks for dating paper.
He produced in 1907 the mammoth four-volume work Les Filigranes.
His papers, including his collection of traced watermarks, are kept at the Bibliothèque de Genève.