Jean-Baptiste Boussingault

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Jean-Baptiste Boussingault
Born
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Dieudonné Boussingault

2 February 1801
Paris, France
Died11 May 1887(1887-05-11) (aged 86)
Paris, France
AwardsCopley Medal (1878)
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
InstitutionsConservatoire des Arts et Metiers
ThesisRecherches sur les phénomènes chimiques qui se passent dans l'amalgamation américaine (1834)

Jean-Baptiste Joseph Dieudonné Boussingault (2 February 1801 – 11 May 1887) was a French chemist who made significant contributions to agricultural science, petroleum science and metallurgy.

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