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Born November 26, 1817 • France • (Birthday in 5 days)
Died May 12, 1884 (aged 66) • Paris • France
Awards And Honors Copley Medal (1881)
Subjects Of Study glycol • hydrocarbon

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Pierre-Eugène-Marcellin Berthelot, engraving by Philippe-Auguste Cattelain.
Pierre-Eugène-Marcellin Berthelot
French chemist
August Wilhelm von Hofmann, oil painting by E. Hader, 1886
August Wilhelm von Hofmann
German chemist
Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteur
French chemist and microbiologist
Michel-Eugène Chevreul, c. 1860.
Michel-Eugène Chevreul
French chemist
Jean-Baptiste-André Dumas, engraving, 1879
Jean-Baptiste-André Dumas
French chemist
Henri-Victor Regnault
Henri-Victor Regnault
French chemist and physicist
Boussingault, Jean-Baptiste
Jean-Baptiste Boussingault
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John Ulric Nef
American chemist
Viktor Meyer
Viktor Meyer
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George A. Olah, 2009.
George A. Olah
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Nevil Vincent Sidgwick
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Michael Faraday
Michael Faraday
British physicist and chemist
Ernest Rutherford
Ernest Rutherford
British physicist
Jöns Jacob Berzelius
Jöns Jacob Berzelius
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Justus von Liebig
Justus, baron von Liebig
German chemist
Joseph Priestley
Joseph Priestley
English clergyman and scientist
Dmitri Mendeleev
Dmitri Mendeleev
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Cavendish, Henry
Henry Cavendish
British physicist
Sanger, Frederick
Frederick Sanger
British biochemist
Sir Humphry Davy
Sir Humphry Davy
British chemist

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