Antoine Fazy

Antoine Fazy (c. 1681 – 23 April 1731) was a Protestant industrialist in Geneva who played a central role in establishing the city's printed cotton industry. He was granted resident status (habitant) in 1702.

Biography Antoine Fazy was born around 1681, the son of Daniel Fazy and Marguerite Vasserot, originally from Saint-Véran. He married three times: first to Priscille Du Pouy, a refugee, in 1704; second to Suzanne Bouverot in 1718, daughter of Jean Bouverot, a canvas bleacher and refugee from Pont-de-Veyle; and third to Clermonde Rousseau, a citizen of Geneva and aunt of Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

Legacy Geneva owes the establishment of its printed cotton industry to this family network centered around the Vasserot family, Antoine Fazy, and other refugees from Queyras in Dauphiné.