Jean Samuel Guisan (29 March 1740 – 29 June 1801) was a Swiss engineer and civil servant known for his poldering work in the marshes near Kaw in French Guiana.
In 1769, he moved to Suriname to work for Nicolaas Guisan,[3] his uncle, who owned the plantation La Liberté.
[5] Malouet persuaded Guisan to improve and develop agriculture on the lowlands of French Guiana, and appointed him captain of the colonial troops.
Guisan's opposition to Governor Lescalier, lead to his dismissal, and he left French Guiana for Switzerland in July 1791.
[6] Back in Avenches, he held some minor functions in the local government, started to write his autobiography, and a book about poldering marshes.