| Authorised form of name | Stas; Jean-Servais (1813 - 1891) |
| Dates | 1813 - 1891 |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Place of birth | Louvain, Belgium |
| Date of birth | 21 August or 20 September 1813 |
| Place of death | Brussels, Belgium |
| Date of death | 13 December 1891 |
| Research field | Chemistry |
| Activity | Education:
MD
Career:
Worked in Paris; Professor of Chemistry, Ecole Royale Militaire, Brussels (1840-1865); retired due to a speech impediment; worked at the Mint (to 1872); developed a method of detecting vegetable alkaloids (1850) which was later modified by Friedrich Julius Otto and known as the Stas-Otto method
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| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 03/04/1879 |
| Royal Society activity | Medals and prizes:
Davy Medal 1885 |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Notes:
DSB gives date of birth as 21 August 1813. |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/24716260 |
| Royal Society code | NA6514 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| M/216 | Stas, Jean Servais | |
| EC/1878/13 | Stas, Jean-Servais: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/5/1037 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 16 December 1891 |
| NLB/5/124 | Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to M Marchal, secrétaire adjoint au Palais des Académies, Bruxelles | 23 March 1891 |
| MC/11/367 | Letter from J S [Jean Servais] Stas, Brussels, to William Spottiswoode, President of the Royal Society, London | 27 May 1879 |
| MC/11 | Volume 11 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1877-1879 |