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Nicolas-Louis Vauquelin: Quick Facts

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Born May 16, 1763 • France
Died November 14, 1829 (aged 66) • France • (Anniversary tomorrow)
Subjects Of Study asparagine • beryllium • chemical compound • chromium

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Vauquelin, lithograph by François-Séraphin Delpech
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Friedrich Wöhler
Friedrich Wöhler
German chemist
German Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele, c. 1780.
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Georg Brandt
Swedish chemist
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
Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac, engraving by Ambroise Tardieu.
Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac
French scientist
Guyton de Morveau, Louis Bernard
Louis Bernard Guyton de Morveau
French chemist and educator
Moissan, 1906
Henri Moissan
French chemist
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Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran
French chemist
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Edmond Frémy
French chemist
Balard
Antoine-Jérôme Balard
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Bernard Courtois
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Jöns Jacob Berzelius
Jöns Jacob Berzelius
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Henry Cavendish
Henry Cavendish
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Sir Humphry Davy
Sir Humphry Davy
English chemist
Glenn T. Seaborg
Glenn T. Seaborg
American chemist
William Hyde Wollaston
William Hyde Wollaston
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William Ramsay
Sir William Ramsay
British chemist
Otto Hahn
Otto Hahn
German chemist
Portrait of Dr. Albert Hofmann, discoverer of LSD, wearing a collared shirt, tie, and jacket, looking directly at the camera.
Albert Hofmann
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Peter Armbruster
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