See also:

• MICHEL
• MICHEL, CLAUDE
• MICHEL, FRANCISQUE XAVIER (1809-1887)

MICHEL See also:

• EUGENE

EUGENE See also:

• MICHEL EUGENE CHEVREUL (1786-1889)

CHEVREUL (1786-1889)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French chemist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born, on the 31st of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1786, at See also:

• ANGERS

Angers, where his See also:

• FATHER

father was a physician . At about the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of seventeen he went to See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris and entered L . N . See also:

• VAUQUELIN, LOUIS NICOLAS (1763-1829)

Vauquelin's chemical laboratory, afterwards becoming his assistant at the natural See also:

• HISTORY

history museum in the Jardin See also:

• DES

des Plantes . In 1813 he was appointed See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor' of See also:

• CHEMISTRY
• CHEMISTRY (formerly "chymistry"; Gr. xvµela; for derivation see ALCHEMY)

chemistry at the Lycee See also:

• CHARLEMAGNE [CHARLES THE GREAT] (c. 742-814)
• CHARLEMAGNE, JEAN ARMAND (1753–1838)

Charlemagne, and subsequently under-took the directorship of the Gobelins See also:

• TAPESTRY

tapestry See also:

• WORKS

works, where he carried out his researches on See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour contrasts (De la loi du contraste simultane des couleurs, 1839) . In 1826 he became a member of the See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy of Sciences, and in the same See also:

• YEAR

year was elected a See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign member of the Royal Society of See also:

• LONDON

London, whose See also:

• COPLEY, JOHN SINGLETON (1737—1815)

Copley See also:

• MEDAL (Fr. medaille, from Lat. metallum)

medal he was awarded in 1857 . He succeeded his See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master, Vauquelin, as professor of organic chemistry at the natural history museum in 1830, and See also:

• THIRTY

thirty-three years later assumed its directorship also; this he relinquished in 1879, though he still retained his professorship . In 1886 the completion of his hundredth year was celebrated with public rejoicings; and after his See also:

• DEATH

death, which occurred in Paris on the 9th of See also:

• APRIL

April 18891 he was honoured with a public funeral . In 1901 a statue was erected to his memory in the museum with which he was connected for so many years . His scientific See also:

• WORK

work covered a wide range, but his name is best known for the classical researches he carried out on See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal fats, published in 1823 (Recherches sur See also:

• LES

les See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps See also:

• BRAS

Bras d'origine animale) . These enabled him to elucidate the true nature of See also:

• SOAP

soap; he was also able to discover the See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition of stearin and olein, and to isolate stearic and oleic acids, the names of which were invented by him . This work led to important improvements in the processes of See also:

• CANDLE (Lat. candela, from candere, to glow)

candle-manufacture .

See also:

• CHEVREUL, MICHEL EUGENE (1786-1889)

Chevreul was a determined enemy of charlatanism in every See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form, and a See also:

• COMPLETE

complete sceptic as to the " scientific " psychical See also:

• RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

research or See also:

• SPIRITUALISM

spiritualism which had begun in his See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time (see his De la baguette divinatoire, et des tables tournantes, 1864) .