CHEMIST

Michel Eugène Chevreul

1786 - 1889

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Michel Eugène Chevreul (French pronunciation: [miʃɛl øʒɛn ʃəvʁœl]; 31 August 1786 – 9 April 1889) was a French chemist whose work contributed to significant developments in science, medicine, and art. Chevreul's early work with animal fats revolutionized soap and candle manufacturing and led to his isolation of the heptadecanoic (margaric), stearic, and oleic fatty acids. In the process, Chevreul became the first scientist to define the concept of a chemical compound and the first to formally characterize the nature of organic compounds; he is consequently considered a founder of modern organic chemistry. In the medical field, Chevreul was first to demonstrate that diabetics excrete glucose in the urine and to isolate creatine. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michel Eugène Chevreul is the 142nd most popular chemist (down from 87th in 2019), the 674th most popular biography from France (down from 661st in 2019) and the 16th most popular French Chemist.

Michel Eugène Chevreul was a French chemist and physicist. He is most famous for his work on the optical properties of color.

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Among chemists, Michel Eugène Chevreul ranks 142 out of 602. Before him are Wilfrid Voynich, Gerhard Ertl, Robert Burns Woodward, Paul Flory, Jean-Marie Lehn, and Johan Gadolin. After him are Julius Lothar Meyer, Roger D. Kornberg, Jerome Karle, Kurt Wüthrich, Johann Rudolf Glauber, and Glenn T. Seaborg.

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Among people born in 1786, Michel Eugène Chevreul ranks 9. Before him are Christian VIII of Denmark, Ludwig I of Bavaria, François Arago, Wilhelm Grimm, John Vianney, and Marie Walewska. After him are Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Friedrich Kuhlau, Davy Crockett, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, Charles, Grand Duke of Baden, and François-Édouard Picot. Among people deceased in 1889, Michel Eugène Chevreul ranks 9. Before him are Antonio Meucci, Jefferson Davis, Baroness Mary Vetsera, Lucy Webb Hayes, Yohannes IV, and Luís I of Portugal. After him are Father Damien, Alexandre Cabanel, Mihai Eminescu, Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Wilhelm Tempel, and Princess Eugénie of Sweden.

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In France

Among people born in France, Michel Eugène Chevreul ranks 674 out of 6,770. Before him are Anne of Foix-Candale (1484), André the Giant (1946), Maurice Utrillo (1883), Auguste de Marmont (1774), William IX, Duke of Aquitaine (1071), and Jean-Baptiste Kléber (1753). After him are Frontinus (30), Alfred Jarry (1873), Eugène Boudin (1824), Chlodomer (495), Lucien Febvre (1878), and Jean Nicot (1530).

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Among CHEMISTS In France

Among chemists born in France, Michel Eugène Chevreul ranks 16. Before him are Paul Sabatier (1854), Joseph Black (1728), Jacques Monod (1910), Claude Louis Berthollet (1748), Joseph Proust (1754), and Jean-Marie Lehn (1939). After him are Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran (1838), Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier (1758), Marcellin Berthelot (1827), Charles Adolphe Wurtz (1817), Louis Nicolas Vauquelin (1763), and Jean-Baptiste Dumas (1800).

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