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Born July 21, 1810 • Aachen • France
Died January 19, 1878 (aged 67) • France
Awards And Honors Copley Medal (1869)
Subjects Of Study gas

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Henry Cavendish
British physicist
Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac, engraving by Ambroise Tardieu.
Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac
French scientist
John Dalton
John Dalton
British scientist
Helmont, Jan Baptista van
Jan Baptista van Helmont
Belgian scientist
Michael Faraday
Michael Faraday
British physicist and chemist
Ernest Rutherford
Ernest Rutherford
British physicist
Joseph Priestley
Joseph Priestley
English clergyman and scientist
Sir Humphry Davy
Sir Humphry Davy
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J.J. Thomson
J.J. Thomson
British physicist
J. Willard Gibbs
J. Willard Gibbs
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Crookes
Sir William Crookes
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British chemist and physicist James Dewar
Sir James Dewar
British scientist
Hans Christian Ørsted
Danish physicist and chemist
Marie Curie
Marie Curie
Polish-born French physicist
Pierre Curie
Pierre Curie
French chemist
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Pierre-Louis Dulong
French scientist
Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteur
French chemist and microbiologist
Pierre-Eugène-Marcellin Berthelot, engraving by Philippe-Auguste Cattelain.
Pierre-Eugène-Marcellin Berthelot
French chemist
Michel-Eugène Chevreul, c. 1860.
Michel-Eugène Chevreul
French chemist
Jean-Baptiste-André Dumas, engraving, 1879
Jean-Baptiste-André Dumas
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Michael Faraday (L) English physicist and chemist (electromagnetism) and John Frederic Daniell (R) British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell.
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Michael Faraday (L) English physicist and chemist (electromagnetism) and John Frederic Daniell (R) British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell.
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Italian-born physicist Dr. Enrico Fermi draws a diagram at a blackboard with mathematical equations. circa 1950.
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