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Paul-Louis-Toussaint Héroult
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Born April 10, 1863 • France
Died May 9, 1914 (aged 51) • near Antibes • France
Inventions Hall-Héroult process • Héroult furnace
Georges Claude
French engineer
Philippe Lebon
French scientist
Hilaire Bernigaud, count de Chardonnet
French chemist
Paul Vieille
French chemist
Sir Humphry Davy
Sir Humphry Davy
British chemist
Alfred Nobel
Alfred Nobel
Swedish inventor
James Lovelock
James Lovelock
English chemist, doctor, and author
Kary B. Mullis
Kary Mullis
American chemist
Robert Bunsen
Robert Bunsen
German chemist
Sir John A. Pople
British mathematician and chemist
Wilbur Olin Atwater
American chemist
Daniell, John Frederic
John Frederic Daniell
British chemist
Swan, Joseph
Joseph Swan
English physicist and chemist
British chemist and physicist James Dewar
Sir James Dewar
British scientist
Imre Bródy
Hungarian scientist
Welsbach, Carl Auer, Freiherr von
Carl Auer, Freiherr von Welsbach
Austrian chemist and engineer
Leo Baekeland
Leo Baekeland
American chemist
Nicholson, William
William Nicholson
English chemist and inventor
Alexander Parkes
British chemist
Macintosh, Charles
Charles Macintosh
Scottish chemist

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