Died 1822-11-06.
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Claude Louis Berthollet was a Savoyard-French chemist who became vice president of the French Senate in 1804. He is known for his scientific contributions to the theory of chemical equilibria via the mechanism of reverse chemical reactions, and for his contribution to modern chemical nomenclature. On a practical basis, Berthollet was the first to demonstrate the bleaching action of chlorine gas, a…
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science · French chemist (1748–1822) · physician · chemist · politician · also Claude Louis Berthollet, Count Berthollet, Berthollet
Born 9 December 1748 · Died 6 November 1822 · Q312587
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Died 1822-11-06.
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And a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1822
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Career landmark: Pair of France (1814–1822).
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But it was found later that Berthollet was not completely wrong because there exists a class of compounds that do not obey the law of definite proportions
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Their son, Amédée-Barthélémy Berthollet, died in 1811 of carbon monoxide poisoning via charcoal-burning suicide in which he had recorded his physiological and psychological experiences as a final scientific contribution before losing consciousness and succumbing to the fumes.
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Of carbon monoxide poisoning via charcoal-burning suicide in which he had recorded his physiological and psychological experiences as a final scientific contribution before losing consciousness and succumbing to the fume
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Berthollet was elected an associate member first class of the Royal Institute of the Netherlands, predecessor of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Awarded Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (1804).
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Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (1803).
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Was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
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Career landmark: president of the French Academy of Sciences (1800–1801).
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Career landmark: member of the Sénat conservateur (1799).
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Career landmark: professor (1795–1795).
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Career landmark: professor (1794).
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Awarded Fellow of the Royal Society (1789).
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Career landmark: director (1784).
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Studied at University of Turin, doctorate (1768).
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Born 1748-12-09.
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