Édouard Grimaux
Édouard Grimaux
Louis Édouard Grimaux (3 July 1835,
Rochefort-sur-Mer – 2 May 1900, Paris) was a French chemist, known for his research in the area of organic synthesis.[1]
Biography
From 1853 to 1858 he served as a
Charles-Adolphe Wurtz.[1]
In 1873 he became sub-director in the laboratory of advanced studies at the
École Polytechnique,[2] but was forced to relinquish his professorship in 1898 due to his support regarding the innocence of Alfred Dreyfus.[1][3]
His research included studies of
glycols and on the synthesis of citric acid.[3] Also, he conducted extensive research on the properties of numerous uric acid derivatives.[1] In 1881 he succeeded in preparing codeine synthetically from morphine.[4]
Published works
He was the author of more than 120 scientific papers and books.[1] He is credited with writing the first extensive biography of Antoine Lavoisier. He also published a biography of Charles Frédéric Gerhardt.[3]
- Equivalents, atomes, molécules, 1866.
- Introduction à l'étude de la chimie, théories et notations chimiques, 1883.
- Lavoisier, 1888.
- Chimie organique élémentaire, 1889.
- Charles Gerhardt, sa vie, son oeuvre, sa correspondance, 1816-1856, 1900.[5]
References
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- ^ Rapport présenté au Ministre de l'instruction publique sur la situation by Université de Paris
- ^ a b c Torchbearers of Chemistry: Portraits and Brief Biographies of Scientists by Henry Monmouth Smith
- ^ King's American Dispensatory, Volume 1 by John King, Harvey Wickes Felter, John Uri Lloyd
- ^ Édouard Grimaux (1835-1900) data.dnf.fr
