And gave credit instead to German chemist Friedrich Oskar Giesel
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André-Louis Debierne
André-Louis Debierne was a French chemist. He is often considered the discoverer of the element actinium, though H. W. Kirby disputed this in 1971 and gave credit instead to German chemist Friedrich Oskar Giesel.
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science · French chemist (1874–1949) · chemist · physicist · also André-Louis Debierne, André Debierne, Andre-Louis Debierne, Andre Debierne, A. Debierne, Debierne
Born 14 July 1874 · Died 31 August 1949 · Q468371
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1949· 1 entry
Died 1949-08-31.
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1911· 1 entry
And Marie Curie prepared radium in metallic form in visible amounts
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1906· 1 entry
Debierne helped Marie Curie carry on and worked with her in teaching and research
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1899· 1 entry
Discovered the radioactive element actinium, as a result of continuing the work with pitchblende that the Curies had initiated
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Born 1874-07-14.
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