Louis nicolas vauquelin biography of donald

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Born at Saint-André d'Hebertot, Normandy, 16 May, 1763; died 14 Nov., 1829.

(–) French chemist.

Born at Saint-André d'Hebertot, Normandy, 16 May, ; died 14 Nov., In youth as apprentice to an apothecary of Rouen he developed a liking for chemistry.

Vauquelin was born at Saint-André-d'Hébertot in Normandy, France, on May 16, At the age of 14 years, he became an assistant to a pharmacist in Rouen.

Vauquelin was born in Normandy and in his youth was apprenticed to an apothecary.

Vauquelin, Louis Nicolas (), French professor of chemistry.

In youth as apprentice to an apothecary of Rouen he developed a liking for chemistry. Later he went to Paris and met Foureroy, who had been influenced by Lavoisier and the latter's insistence upon the importance of quantitative measurements.

Later he became even more accomplished than his master in the field of analytical chemistry. In fact he did nothing in any other branch of clinical work, and although he wrote voluminously, as many as three hundred and seventy-eight papers being published by him, none of his work had any other direction than that of giving descriptions of analytical operations and results.

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