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Henri-Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville
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Born March 11, 1818 • Saint Thomas
Died July 1, 1881 (aged 63) • Boulogne • France
Subjects Of Study Deville process
Frédéric Joliot-Curie
French chemist
Irène Joliot-Curie
French chemist
Charles François de Cisternay Du Fay
French chemist
Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteur
French chemist and microbiologist
Antoine Lavoisier
Antoine Lavoisier
French chemist
Claude-Louis Berthollet.
Claude-Louis Berthollet
French chemist
Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac, engraving by Ambroise Tardieu.
Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac
French scientist
Marie Curie
Marie Curie
Polish-born French physicist
Pierre-Eugène-Marcellin Berthelot, engraving by Philippe-Auguste Cattelain.
Pierre-Eugène-Marcellin Berthelot
French chemist
Charles Gerhardt, engraving
Charles Gerhardt
French chemist
Auguste Laurent
French chemist
Michel-Eugène Chevreul, c. 1860.
Michel-Eugène Chevreul
French chemist
Joseph-Louis Proust, medallion by Pierre-Jean David
Joseph-Louis Proust
French chemist
Guyton de Morveau, Louis Bernard
Louis Bernard Guyton de Morveau
French chemist and educator
Henry-Louis Le Chatelier
French chemist
Jean-Baptiste-André Dumas, engraving, 1879
Jean-Baptiste-André Dumas
French chemist
Pierre Curie
Pierre Curie
French chemist
Yves Chauvin
French chemist
Nicolas Leblanc
French chemist
Sauvage, Jean-Pierre
Jean-Pierre Sauvage
French chemist

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