Auguste Laurent
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Auguste Laurent | |
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Born | 14 November 1807 |
Died | 15 April 1853 | (aged 45)
Nationality | French |
Known for | anthracene phthalic acid carbolic acid |
Scientific career | |
Fields | chemistry |
Auguste Laurent (14 November 1807 – 15 April 1853) was a French chemist who helped in the founding of organic chemistry with his discoveries of trichloroethylene, anthracene, phthalic acid, and carbolic acid.
He devised a systematic nomenclature for organic chemistry based on structural grouping of atoms within molecules to determine how the molecules combine in organic reactions. He studied under Jean-Baptiste Dumas as a laboratory assistant and worked with Charles Frédéric Gerhardt. He died in Paris from tuberculosis.
Bibliography
[edit]Marc Tiffeneau (ed.) (1918). Correspondance de Charles Gerhardt, tome 1, Laurent et Gerhardt, Paris, Masson.
References
[edit]- Blondel-Megrelis, M (2001). "Auguste Laurent and alcaloids". Revue d'histoire de la pharmacie. 49 (331). France: 303–14. doi:10.3406/pharm.2001.5244. ISSN 0035-2349. PMID 11775639.
Fisher, Nicholas W. "Auguste Laurent." Encyclopædia Britannica Mobile. 2013. web.
External links
[edit]- http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Laurent.html
- Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz
- Josette Fournier, "Auguste Laurent (1807-1853) dans la Revue scientifique du Dr. Quesneville", Revue d'Histoire de la Pharmacie, 2008, no. 359 pp. 287-303