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Henri-Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville: Quick Facts

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Born March 11, 1818 • Saint Thomas
Died July 1, 1881 (aged 63) • Boulogne • France
Subjects Of Study Deville process
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Frédéric Joliot-Curie
French chemist and physicist
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Irène Joliot-Curie
French chemist
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Charles François de Cisternay Du Fay
French chemist
Painting by Albert Edelfelt showing Louis Pasteur in his laboratory, holding a glass flask and examining it intently, surrounded by scientific equipment on a workbench.
Louis Pasteur
French chemist and microbiologist
Portrait of French chemist Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, shown in formal 18th-century attire with a white wig and ruffled cravat, looking slightly to his left.
Antoine Lavoisier
French chemist
Claude-Louis Berthollet.
Claude-Louis Berthollet
French chemist
Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac, engraving by Ambroise Tardieu.
Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac
French scientist
Marie Curie
Marie Curie
Polish-born French physicist
Pierre-Eugène-Marcellin Berthelot
Pierre-Eugène-Marcellin Berthelot
French chemist
Charles Gerhardt, engraving
Charles Gerhardt
French chemist
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Auguste Laurent
French chemist
Michel-Eugène Chevreul, c. 1860
Michel-Eugène Chevreul
French chemist
Joseph-Louis Proust, medallion by Pierre-Jean David
Joseph-Louis Proust
French chemist
Guyton de Morveau, Louis Bernard
Louis Bernard Guyton de Morveau
French chemist and educator
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Henry-Louis Le Chatelier
French chemist
ean-Baptiste-André Dumas
Jean-Baptiste-André Dumas
French chemist
Pierre Curie
Pierre Curie
French chemist
Portrait of Professor Henri Boris Kagan wearing glasses, a dark jacket, striped tie, and light blue shirt.
Henri B. Kagan
French chemist
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Yves Chauvin
French chemist
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Nicolas Leblanc
French chemist

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