Louis Nicolas Vauquelin

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Louis Nicolas Vauquelin was a prominent French chemist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, known for discovering the elements chromium and beryllium and for his influential work in analytical chemistry.

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instanceOf French chemist
chemist
human
analyzed beryl
emerald
awardReceived Légion d'honneur
birthCountry France
birthDate 1763-05-16
birthPlace Saint-André-d'Hébertot
burialPlace Saint-André-d'Hébertot
contributedTo development of analytical chemistry
countryOfCitizenship France
deathCountry France
deathDate 1829-11-14
deathPlace Saint-André-d'Hébertot
determined beryllium
surface form: beryllium is a chemical element

chromium is a chemical element
discovered beryllium
chromium
discoveredIn Paris
discoveryYear 1797
employer Collège de France
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
familyName Vauquelin
fieldOfWork analytical chemistry
chemistry
gender male
givenName Louis
Nicholas
surface form: Nicolas
influencedBy Antoine François de Fourcroy
surface form: Antoine François Fourcroy
knownFor discovery of beryllium
discovery of chromium
languageSpoken French
memberOf Académie de Médecine
surface form: Académie Nationale de Médecine

Académie des Sciences
surface form: French Academy of Sciences
name Louis Nicolas Vauquelin self-link
nationality French
notableWork research on plant and animal analysis
occupation chemist
pharmacist
positionHeld professor of chemistry
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Paris
studiedUnder Antoine François de Fourcroy
surface form: Antoine François Fourcroy
workPeriod early 19th century
late 18th century

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Michel Eugène Chevreul studiedUnder Louis Nicolas Vauquelin
Louis Nicolas Vauquelin name Louis Nicolas Vauquelin self-link