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Born December 9, 1748 • France
Died November 6, 1822 (aged 73) • Arcueil • France
Notable Works “Essai de statique chimique”
Subjects Of Study chemical reaction

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Henry-Louis Le Chatelier
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Étienne-François Geoffroy, engraving by Landon after a portrait by Nicolas de Largillière
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Wilhelm Ostwald.
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Sir Derek H.R. Barton
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Herbert Charles Brown
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Ahmed Zewail, wearing a suit and purple tie, speaks at a podium against a dark background at the UNESCO and L'Oreal Awards for Women and Science.
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Arieh Warshel
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Michael Levitt
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Martin Karplus
Martin Karplus
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Manfred Eigen
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Sir George Porter, Baron Porter of Luddenham
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Carl Bosch
Carl Bosch
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Ronald George Wreyford Norrish
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Herschbach, Dudley R.
Dudley R. Herschbach
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Yuan T. Lee
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John C. Polanyi
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Ernst Julius Cohen
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Rudolf Fittig
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Charles François de Cisternay Du Fay
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