Louis Le Chatelier

Louis Le Chatelier
Born (1815-02-20)20 February 1815
Paris, France
Died 10 November 1873(1873-11-10) (aged 58)
Paris, France
Scientific career
Fields Chemistry

Louis Le Chatelier (20 February 1815 – 10 November 1873) was a French chemist and industrialist who developed a method for producing aluminium from bauxite in 1855. His son was the well known chemist Henri Louis Le Chatelier. His name is inscribed on the Eiffel tower.[1][2]

Le Chatelier and his wife Louise Madeleine Élisabeth Durand (1827–1902) had seven children. One was Alfred Le Chatelier (1855–1929), who joined the army.[3] Alfred later became a ceramicist and then held the chair of Muslim sociology in the Collège de France for many years.[4]

References

  1. F. Habashi K.J. Bayer and his time. Laval University, Quebec City
  2. Henri Louis LE CHATELIER (1815–1873). annales.org
  3. Arthur 2017, p. 108.
  4. Arthur 2017, p. 118.

Sources

  • Arthur, Paul (2017), "Alfred Le Chatelier et l'Atelier de Glatigny" (PDF), Sèvres (in French) (26), retrieved 2018-02-25


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