Jean-Baptiste-André Dumas: References & Edit History
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Two accessible short biographies are J.W. Alsobrook, “Jean Baptiste Andre Dumas,” Journal of Chemical Education, 28:630-633 (December 1951); and S.C. Kapoor, “Jean-Baptiste Dumas,” in C. Gillespie (ed.), Dictionary of Scientific Biography (1971), vol. 4, pp. 242–248. The story of the beginnings of organic chemistry and Dumas’s place in it may be found in J.R. Partington, A Short History of Chemistry, 3rd ed. (1957, reprinted in 1989), chapters 9–12.
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| Anniversary information added. | Apr 06, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jul 11, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Feb 28, 2024 | ||
| Deleted Web site: Jean-Baptiste Dumas Biography. | Jun 18, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Jean Baptiste Andr� Dumas. | Dec 13, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Biography of Jean-Baptiste Dumas. | Dec 13, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: How Stuff Works - Science - Biography of Jean Baptiste Andre Dumas. | Dec 13, 2011 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised. | May 30, 2007 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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