Robert Hippolyte Chodat (4 June 1865,Moutier – 28 April 1934) was a Swissbotanist andphycologist who was a professor and director of the botanical institute at theUniversity of Geneva.

He studied medicine and botany atGeneva, where he was later a lecturer ofpharmacy. In 1889 he attained the title of associate professor, two years later becoming a full professor of medical andpharmaceutical botany. From 1900 onward, he taught classes in general and systematic botany. In 1908 he was appointedrector at the University of Geneva.^[1]

Chodat was a leading authority of the botanical familyPolygalaceae. In 1914, withEmil Hassler (1864–1937), he collected plants in Región Oriental ofParaguay. He was made Chevalier de laLégion d'Honneur in 1909.^[1] He was winner of the 1933Linnean Medal.

• Monographia Polygalacearum, vol.1 1891, vol.2 1893.
• 1898–1907 :Plantae Hasslerianae (withEmil Hassler).^{[2][3][4][5][6]}
• Etude Critique et Experimentale sur le Polymorphisme des Algues, 1909.
• La Végétation du Paraguay. Résultats Scientifiques d'une Mission Botanique Suisse au Paraguay, (withWilhelm Vischer 1890–1960).
• La biologie des plantes: Les plantes aquatiques, 1917.

• Parts of this article are based on a translation of an equivalent article at theSpanish Wikipedia.
• Robert Chodat, Dictionnaire Historique Suisse (DHS)
• HUH- Index of Botanical Publications