Human Accomplishment: Antoine Jérôme Balard

a French chemist and one of the discoverers of bromine.

Born

30 September 1802 Montpellier, France

Died

30 April 1876 (aged 73) Paris, France

Known for

Discovery of bromine

Fields

Chemistry

Alma mater

École de pharmacie de Montpellier

Awards

Royal Medal (1830)

Institutions

University of Paris Collège de France

Spouse(s)

Sophie-Elisabeth Pascal ( m. 1838; died 1875)

adultbasic

France

era

1800+

Influenced

Marcellin Berthelot