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Authorised form of nameThenard; Louis Jacques (1777 - 1857)
Dates1777 - 1857
NationalityFrench
Place of birthLa Louptiere, Aube, France
Date of birth04 May 1777
Place of deathParis, France
Date of death20 June 1857
Research fieldChemistry
Membership categoryForeign Member
Date of election09/12/1824
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1857-1859 vol 9 pp 60-64
References:
C W P MacArthur, 'Davy's Differences With Gay-Lussac and Thenard: New Light on Events in Paris and on the Transmission and Translation of Davy's Papers in 1810' in NR 1984-85 vol 39 pp 207-228
Maurice Crosland, 'Explicit Qualifications as a Criterion for Membership of the Royal Society: A Historical Review' in NR 1982-83 vol 37 pp 167-187
CodeNA8286
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1824/19Thenard, Louis Jacques: certificate of election to the Royal Society
CB/1/1/233Letter from Claude Louis Berthollet to Charles Blagden1 January 1810
IM/004524Thenard, Louis Jacquesnd
CB/1/1/231Letter from Claude Louis Berthollet to Charles Blagden9 July 1809
CB/1/1/224Letter from Claude Louis Berthollet, Arcueil to Charles Blagden20 March 1808
CB/1/1/225Letter from Claude Louis Berthollet, Arcueil to Charles Blagden20 June 1808
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