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Louis Le Chatelier
French chemist (1815–1873) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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Louis Le Chatelier | |
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Born | (1815-02-20)20 February 1815 Paris, France |
Died | 10 November 1873(1873-11-10) (aged 58) Paris, France |
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Fields | Chemistry |
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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]