Germain Henri Hess

Germain Henri Hess
Portrait, c. 1850
Born(1802-08-07)7 August 1802
Geneva, France
Died12 December 1850(1850-12-12) (aged 48)
St. Petersburg, Russia
Alma materUniversity of Dorpat
Known forHess' law, thermochemistry
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
InstitutionsSt. Petersburg Academy of Sciences

Germain Henri Hess (Russian: Герман Иванович Гесс, romanized: German Ivanovich Gess; 7 August 1802 – 12 December [O.S. 30 November] 1850) was a Swiss-Russian chemist and doctor who formulated Hess' law, an early principle of thermochemistry.

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