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Authorised form of nameVauquelin; Louis Nicholas (1763 - 1829)
Other forms of nameNicolas Louis
Dates1763 - 1829
NationalityFrench
Place of birthSt Andre d'Hebertot, Normandy, France
Date of birth16 May 1763
Place of deathSt Andre d'Hebertot, Normandy, France
Date of death14 or 15 November 1829
OccupationApothecary
Research fieldChemistry
ActivityCareer:
Laboratory boy, Rouen (1771-1779); assistant to A F Fourcroy (1783-1791); discovered chromium (1797), berryllium (1798) and a number of organic compounds; apothecary, military hospital, Melun; Extraordinary Professor of Chemistry, Ecole Polytechnique; Professor, College de France; Professor of Chemistry, Jardin des Plantes and in the Faculty of Medicine, Paris; retired (1822)
Memberships:
Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris
Membership categoryForeign Member
Date of election11/12/1823
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll
References:
N G Coley, 'George Pearson MD, FRS (1751-1828): 'The greatest chemist in England'? in NR 2003 vol 57 pp
161-175
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/44414908
CodeNA5487
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
MS/859/2/45Letter from [Louis Nicolas] Vauquelin, Paris, to Charles Hatchett, London15 June 1824
EC/1823/13Vauquelin, Louis Nicholas: certificate of election to the Royal Society
AP/11/14/1Unpublished letter, on a new system of navigation from [Jean François?] Poulliot to Humphy David [Humphry Davy]23 October 1823
AP/13/28Unpublished paper, address as President of the Royal Society by Davies Gilbert30 November 1829
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