Person Stas; Jean-Servais (1813 - 1891) Stas Jean-Servais 1813 - 1891 Belgian Male Louvain, Belgium 21 August or 20 September 1813 Brussels, Belgium 13 December 1891

Chemistry 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 Medals and prizes: Davy Medal 1885 Foreign Member 03/04/1879 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB Notes: DSB gives date of birth as 21 August 1813. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 20 Sep 1813 - 13 Dec 1891 NA6514 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/24716260 ac89eb2f-da01-4782-a388-29694bc9b227