| Authorised form of name | Dumas; Jean Baptiste Andre (1800 - 1884) |
| Other forms of name | Jean-Baptiste |
| Dates | 1800 - 1884 |
| Nationality | French |
| Place of birth | Ales, Gard, France |
| Date of birth | 14 or 15 July 1800 |
| Place of death | Cannes, France |
| Date of death | 11 April 1884 |
| Research field | Chemistry |
| Activity | Memberships:
Royal Academy of Sciences, Paris
|
| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 18/06/1840 |
| RSActivity | Medals and prizes:
Copley Medal 1843 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Authority:
Altname from certificate
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1884 vol 37 pp x-xxvii signed by A W Hofmann
References:
Sir Harold Hartley, 'Stanislao Cannizzaro, FRS (1826-1910) and the First International Chemical Conference at Karlsruhe in 1860' in NR 1966 vol 21 pp 56-63
K K Schwarz, 'Faraday and Babbage' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp367-381
J S Rowlinson, 'The work of Thomas Andrews and James Thomson on the liquefaction of gases' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 143-159
Notes:
DSB gives birth date as 14 July 1800 |
| Code | NA7151 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1840/25 | Dumas, Jean Baptiste Andre: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MM/5/54 | Letter from Jean Baptiste Dumas to Louis Pasteur | c.1874 |
| IM/001212 | Dumas, Jean Baptiste Andre | nd |
| M/069 | Dumas, Jean Baptiste Andre | 1875 |
| IM/005713 | Dumas, Jean Baptiste Andre | nd |
| IM/001213 | Dumas, Jean Baptiste Andre | nd |
| MS/427/405 | Copy letter from [Michael] Foster, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. Wharton Jones | 12 January 1885 |
| HS/6/511 | Letter, from Jean Baptiste André Dumas to Sir John Herschel | January 1857 |
| MS/743/1/174 | Testimonial by Jean Baptiste Andre Dumas [on behalf of John Hall Gladstone] | nd |