Human Accomplishment: Joseph Bienaimé Caventou

a French pharmacist. He was a pioneer in the use of mild solvents to isolate a number of active ingredients from plants

Born

30 June 1795 Saint-Omer, France

Died

5 May 1877 (aged 81) Paris, France

Nationality

French

Known for

Isolating alkaloids from vegetables

Fields

Pharmacology, Chemistry

Alma mater

Ecole de Pharmacie de Paris

Awards

Elected to the Académie Nationale de Médecine in 1821

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France

era

1800+

Joseph Bienaimé Caventou