Charles Joret (14 October 1839, Formigny – 27 December 1914, Paris) was a French literary historian, philologist and botanical author. His name is associated with the so-called "ligne Joret" (Joret line), a locative boundary used in the linguistics (isogloss) of the "Langues d'oïl".
Following studies in Heidelberg and Bonn (1859–60), he taught Latin classes in Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët. From 1862 to 1867 he taught German classes at the Lycée in Chambéry. In 1873 he received his diploma from the "Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes", obtaining a doctorate of letters two years later. From 1877 onward, he was a professor of foreign literature at the "Faculté des lettres d’Aix-en-Provence".
In 1887 he became a corresponding member of the "Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres", where from 1901 to 1914 he had the status of "membre libre". He was also a member of the "Société des antiquaires de Normandie", and in 1902 was elected president of the "Société de Linguistique de Paris".
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