Pierre Mouchon (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ muʃɔ̃]; 30 July 1733 – 20 August 1797) was an 18th-century Genevan pastor, best remembered for being the author of the Table analytique et raisonnée... (index) of the Encyclopédie by Diderot and D'Alembert.
Nicknamed "Mouchon table", it consists of an analytical and summary index of the entire corpus of the Encyclopédie, supplements included, and contains thematic knowledge tree views.
The warning also points out l'on peut regarder cette Table comme un Abrégé du fameux Dictionnaire [et] peut même le remplacer en bien des occasions ("this Table may be looked at as an Abstract of the famous Dictionary [and] may even replace it on many occasions".
According to Jean Senebier,[3] Mouchon received for this work, which probably required him paring all 33 volumes, the lump sum of 4,800 livres; the manuscript was then typeset in particular by the famous De Tournes family.
Eugénie Niboyet (1796–1883), a French author, journalist and early feminist, was a granddaughter of Pierre Mouchon.