Grignard, Victor
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| Birthname | Grignard, Francois Auguste Victor | ||
| born on | 6 May 1871 at 23:00 (= 11:00 PM ) | ||
| Place | Cherbourg, France, 49n39, 1w39 | ||
| Timezone | LMT m1w39 (is local mean time) | ||
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| Astrology data |   15°56'   14°18 Asc. 28°46'
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Biography
French chemist who, working with organomagnesium compounds he prepared what are called Grignard reagents, compounds which later had industrial applications. He became a professor of chemistry at Nancy (1910) and at Lyon (1919) and he won the Nobel Prize in 1912.
Grignard died 12/13/35, Lyon, France. By the time he died, over 6,000 scientific papers had been published about applications of the Grignard reaction.
Events
- Death, Cause unspecified 13 December 1935 (Age 64)
Source Notes
Gauquelin Vol. 2/2718
Categories
- Notable : Awards : Nobel prize (1912)
- Vocation : Science : Chemistry
