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Louis Bernard Guyton de Morveau, Baron

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Louis Bernard Guyton de Morveau, Baron , 1737-1816, French chemist and lawyer. He wrote the chemical section of the Encyclopédie méthodique (Vol. I, 1786) and collaborated with Lavoisier and others in establishing a system of chemical nomenclature. He taught chemistry (1794-1811) at the École Polytechnique, Paris, served in the Legislative Assembly and in the National Convention during the French Revolution, and was master of the mint (1799-1814). He was created baron in 1811.

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