French chemist who made significant contributions to agricultural science, petroleum science and metallurgy (1801–1887).
Born February 1st, 1801 in former 11th arrondissement of Paris.
Died May 11th, 1887 at 86 years old in rue d'Anjou.
The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe