Antoine François comte de Fourcroy Scientist

Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy (June 15, 1755 – December 16, 1809) was a French chemist and a contemporary of Antoine Lavoisier. Fourcroy collaborated with Lavoisier, Guyton de Morveau, and Claude Berthollet on the Méthode de nomenclature chimique, a work that helped standardize chemical nomenclature.

Personal facts

Antoine François comte de Fourcroy
Alias (AKA)Fourcroy Antoine François de;Fourcroy Antoine-François
Birth dateJune 15, 1755
Birth place
Paris
Date of deathDecember 16, 1809
Place of death
Paris
Known for
Iridium

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Scientist

doctoral advisor
Jean Baptiste Michel Bucquet
doctoral student
Field of study
Chemistry

Antoine François comte de Fourcroy on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://books.google.com/books?id=0MMPAAAAQAAJ
  2. http://books.google.com/books?q=fourcroy&as_brr=1
  3. http://gallica.bnf.fr