Thenard
LOUIS JACQUES, a French chemist; born in La Louptière (Aube) May 4, 1777; studied chemistry in Paris under Vauquelin; was appointed (1810) professor at the Collége de France, and later at the Polytechnic School and in the philosophical faculty of the university; in 1825 was created baron, and in 1832 peer of France. In 1837 he resigned his professorship at the Polytechnic School, and in 1840 that at the university. In 1842, however, he became grand officer of the legion of honor, and in 1850 member of the Council of Public Instruction. His chief work is "Treatise on Elementary Chemistry" (5 vols. Paris 1813-1817; 6th ed. 1833-1836).
Along with Gay-Lussac he published in 1816 "Physico-Chemical Researches," and THÉNARD for several years was coeditor of the "Annals of Chemistry" and "Annals of Physics and Chemistry." He died in Paris June 21, 1857.
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