Charles Lauth

Charles Lauth (1836–1913) was a French chemist. He synthesised methyl violet.[1]

Charles Lauth as caricatured by Gill

In 1883 he was elected president of the Chemical Society of France.[2]

References
  1. Lauth, C. (1867), "On the new aniline dye, 'Violet de Paris'", Laboratory, 1: 138–139
  2. Nielsen, Anita Kildebæk; Štrbáňová, Soňa (2008). Creating Networks in Chemistry: The Founding and Early History of Chemical Societies in Europe. Royal Society of Chemistry. p. 105. ISBN 9780854042791.
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