Jean-Baptiste Dumas
Jean-Baptiste Dumas
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a French chemist, best known for his works on organic analysis and synthesis, as well as the determination of atomic and molecular weights by measuring vapor densities
Born
14 July 1800 Alès ( Gard )
Died
10 April 1884 (aged 83) Cannes
Nationality
French
Known for
Atomic weights
Fields
Chemistry
Awards
Copley Medal (1843) Faraday Lectureship Prize (1869) Albert Medal (1877)
adultbasic
France
era
1800+
Notable students
Eugène-Anatole Demarçay, Auguste Laurent