Marcellin Berthelot Scientist

Pierre Eugène Marcellin Berthelot (French: [bɛʁtəlo]; 25 October 1827 – 18 March 1907) was a French chemist and politician noted for the Thomsen-Berthelot principle of thermochemistry. He synthesized many organic compounds from inorganic substances, providing a large amount of counterevidence to the theory of Jöns Jakob Berzelius that organic compounds required organisms in their synthesis. He is considered as one of the greatest chemists of all time.He was born in Paris, France, the son of a doctor. After doing well at school in history and philosophy, he became a scientist. He was an atheist.