Auguste Laurent: A Remarkable Nineteenth Century French Chemist.

Canadian Chemical News | September 1, 2000| | Copyright

Despite considerable adversity and an early death, Auguste Laurent made outstanding contributions to chemistry, some of which are described herein.

Auguste Laurent was born on September 14, 1808, in La Folie, near Langres, Haute-Maine, France, and died in Paris on April 15, 1853. A surprisingly large number of sources, including two French dictionaries [1, 2] indicate that he was born in 1807; however, it has been reported that September 14, 1808 is the correct date of birth [3]. Laurent was the second of four sons of a wine merchant and knew poverty from an early ...

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