Société chimique de France

Société Chimique de France
Formation 1857
Type Learned society
Headquarters Paris
Location
  • France
Official language
French
Website www.societechimiquedefrance.fr

The Société Chimique de France (SCF) is a learned society and professional association founded in 1857 to represent the interests of French chemists in a variety of ways in local, national and international contexts.[1] Until 2009 the organization was known as the Société Française de Chimie.

History

The Society traces its origins back to an organization of young Parisian chemists who began meeting in May 1857 under the name Société Chimique, with the goal of self-study and mutual education. In 1858 the established chemist Adolphe Wurtz joined the society, and immediately transformed it into a learned society modeled after the Chemical Society of London, which was the precursor of the Royal Society of Chemistry. Like its British counterpart, the French association sought to foster the communication of new ideas and facts throughout France and across international borders.[2]

Activities

Support for the Bulletin de la Société Chimique de Paris began in 1858.

In the 21st century, the society has become a member of ChemPubSoc Europe, which is an organization of 16 European chemical societies. This European consortium was established in the late 1990s as many chemical journals owned by national chemical societies were amalgamated.[3] In 2010 they started ChemistryViews.org, their news and information service for chemists and other scientists worldwide.

Prizes and awards

The society acknowledges individual achievement with prizes and awards, including:

See also

Notes

  1. Société Chimique de France (SCF), Mission; retrieved 2011-06-08.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Lagowski, J. J. (1991). "A British Sesquicentennial," Journal of Chemical Education, Vol 68, No. 1, p. 1; acknowledging the sesquicentennial of The Chemical Society in London, which eventually became the Royal Society of Chemistry; retrieved 2011-06-08.
  3. ChemPubSoc Europe, mission; participating societies
  4. 1 2 Canal-U: "Chimie et création. Du moléculaire au supramoléculaire" Auteurs
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 SCF, Lauréats de la médaille Lavoisier
  6. Colorants Industry History, William H. Perkin
  7. Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1912, Victor Grignard bio notes
  8. Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1914, Theodore Richards bio notes
  9. Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1956: Cyril Hinshelwood bio notes
  10. Janus, Papers of Lord Todd, GBR/0014/TODD
  11. Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF), Rudolf Signer bio notes
  12. Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh), Karl Ziegler bio notes
  13. CHF, Paul Weisz bio notes
  14. CalTech, Rudolph Marcus CV
  15. CHF, Fred McLafferty bio notes

External links

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