Human Accomplishment: Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville

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a French chemist, discoverer of toluene

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(Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville)

Born

11 March 1818 St Thomas, Danish West Indies

Died

1 July 1881 (aged 63) Boulogne-sur-Seine, France

Nationality

French

Institutions

École Normale Sorbonne

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France

Doctoral students

Louis Joseph Troost

era

1800+