Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac: References & Edit History
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The standard biography, based largely on original French sources, is Maurice Crosland, Gay-Lussac, Scientist and Bourgeois (1978); his âJoseph Louis Gay-Lussac,â Dictionary of Scientific Biography, vol. 5 (1970, reprinted 1981), pp. 317â327, offers a brief scientific biographical treatment.
Testimony from one of Gay-Lussacâs closest colleagues appears in Dominique-François Arago, âGay-Lussac: biographie lue en sĂ©ance de lâAcadĂ©mie des Sciences le 20 DĂ©cembre 1852,â in Oeuvres (1854â62), Aragoâs collected works.
For a broader contextualization of Gay-Lussacâs contributions within the French scientific milieu, including Napoleonâs patronage of science, see Maurice Crosland, The Society of Arcueil: A View of French Science at the Time of Napoleon 1 (1967).
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| Anniversary information added. | May 05, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Dec 02, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 05, 2024 | ||
| Invalidated site: Chemical Heritage Foundation - Biography of Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac. | Jul 10, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Science History Institute - Biography of Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac. | Jan 22, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Brooklyn College - Biography of Gay-Lussac. | Dec 07, 2016 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 13, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Purdue University - Biography of Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac. | Dec 28, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Chemical Heritage Foundation - Biography of Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac. | Dec 28, 2012 | ||
| Added URL to topic: The Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom - Uvarovite. | Aug 27, 2009 | ||
| Added URL to topic: Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery - The Mineral Uvarovite. | Aug 27, 2009 | ||
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| Article revised. | Oct 26, 2001 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |