Auguste André Thomas Cahours

Auguste André Thomas Cahours

Auguste André Thomas Cahours (2 October 1813, Paris 17 March 1891, Paris) was a French chemist.[1]

He was a professor at the École Polytechnique and the École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures. In 1868 he was elected as a member of the Académie des sciences (chemistry section) and in 1880 became a commander of the Légion d'honneur.[2]

Accomplishments

In 1860 he published the three volume Traité de chimie générale élémentaire.[5]

References

  1. Jaime Wisniak (2013) "Auguste André Thomas Cahours," Educación Química, 24 (4) : 451-460 (in English).
  2. Prosopo Sociétés savantes de France
  3. Ludger Krähling, Jürgen Krey, Gerald Jakobson, Johann Grolig, Leopold Miksche "Allyl Compounds" Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry 2002, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim. pg. 7 doi:10.1002/14356007.a01_425
  4. de.Wikisource; Meyers Encyclopedia MKL1888: Cahours
  5. de.Wikisource bibliography
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