Jules Guyot

Dr. Jules Guyot (17 May 1807 – 31 March 1872)[1] was a French physician and agronomist who was born in the commune of Gyé-sur-Seine, in the department of Aube.

Guyot studied medicine in Paris, and had an avid interest in mechanics, physics and telegraphy, but he is best known for his work in viticulture.

As a student, Guyot participated in the 1830 July Revolution, and during the unrest in 1831 was jailed in the Sainte-Pélagie Prison.

He has a cultivated variety of pear called the Docteur Jules Guyot named after him, and the Institut universitaire de la Vigne et du Vin (aka "Institute Jules Guyot") at the University of Burgundy in Dijon is named in his honor.

[2] Guyot is remembered for making improvements in the cultivation and preparation of grapevines for the production of quality wines.

Photograph of Jules Guyot from the Nadar atelier
Le Château Savigny-lès-Beaune, where Jules Guyot died in 1872