Jean Charles Biaudet

Jean Charles Biaudet (19 February 1910 - 7 August 2000) was a historian, director of the Cantonal and University Library of Lausanne (Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Lausanne, BCU) and teacher at the University of Lausanne.

Professional background
Biaudet was Vice-rector of the University of Lausanne from 1969 to 1972. He worked in numerous committees and institutions. He was editor of the Swiss History Review (1949-1963), a member of Pro Helvetia (1959-1963), Scientific Research Council (1964-1976), International Committee of Historical Sciences (1967-1980), and President of the Vaudois History and Archeology Society (1947-1949), 1957-1959).

Biaudet published with Françoise Nicod, three other volumes (1978, 1979 and 1980) of his correspondence between La Harpe, the tsar Alexander I of Russia and the imperial family of Russia. He published the History of Lausanne in 1982, and volume XII, of the Encyclopédie du Canton de Vaud, La Bibliographie Vaudoise in 1993.

Death
As municipal councilor of Chexbres (1965-1977) and honorary Bourgeoisie of Chexbres, Jean Charles Biaudet died on 7 August 2000, at the age of 90, in Cully, Switzerland.

Publications

 * La Suisse et la monarchie de juillet, 1830-1838 (1941)
 * Georges Boisot et la Révolution vaudoise de 1798: quatre chapitres des "Mémoires" inédits du chancelier Boisot (1948)
 * Les origines de la Constitution fédérale de 1848 (1949)
 * La Cathédrale de Lausanne (1975)
 * Bibliographie Vaudoise (1987)
 * Histoire de Lausanne (1982)
 * Correspondance de Frédéric-César de La Harpe sous la République Helvétique (1982)