Louis Le Chatelier
Louis Le Chatelier (20 February 1815 – 10 November 1873) was a French chemist and industrialist who developed a method for producing aluminium from bauxite in 1855. His son was chemist Henry Louis Le Chatelier. His name is inscribed on the Eiffel tower.[1][2]
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| Born | 20 February 1815 Paris, France |
| Died | 10 November 1873 (aged 58) Paris, France |
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| Fields | Chemistry |
Le Chatelier and his wife Louise Madeleine Élisabeth Durand (1827–1902) had seven children. One was Alfred Le Chatelier (1855–1929), who joined the army.[3] Alfred later became a ceramicist and then held the chair of Muslim sociology in the Collège de France for many years.[4]
References
- F. Habashi K.J. Bayer and his time Archived 2012-02-20 at the Wayback Machine. Laval University, Quebec City
- Henri Louis LE CHATELIER (1815–1873). annales.org
- Arthur 2017, p. 108.
- Arthur 2017, p. 118.
Sources
- Arthur, Paul (2017), "Alfred Le Chatelier et l'Atelier de Glatigny" (PDF), Sèvres (in French) (26), retrieved 2018-02-25
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