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Jean-Baptiste Boussingault

Jean Baptiste Joseph Dieudonné Boussingault

French chemist who made significant contributions to agricultural science, petroleum science and metallurgy (1801–1887).

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Place of Birth

Former 11th Arrondissement of Paris
Statement Supported By
:
Birth Registry

Occupation

Chemist
Politician
University Teacher
Botanist
Agronomist
Military Personnel

Place of Death

Paris
Rue D'Anjou
Statement Supported By
:
Death Registry
House Number
:49
Located in the Administrative Territorial Entity
:
8th Arrondissement of Paris
Reason for Preferred Rank
:
Most Precise Value
Reason for Preferred Rank
:
Best Referenced Value

Country of Citizenship

France

Award Received

Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour
Copley Medal
(1878)
Award Rationale
: For his long-continued and important researches and discoveries in agricultural chemistry.
Point in Time
: 1878
Pour Le Mérite for Sciences and Arts Order

Member Of

Société Philomathique De Paris
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
French Academy of Sciences
Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences
National Academy of Sciences
(1883 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences
Start Time
: 1883

Date of Death

5/11/1887

Place of Burial

Père Lachaise Cemetery
Unnamed
:bug: P373
Burial Plot Reference
:95
Grave of Boussingault

Date of Birth

2/1/1801
Statement Supported By
:
Birth Registry

Instance Of

Human

Image

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Significant Event

Funeral
(5/14/1887)
Location
:
Oratoire Du Louvre
Point in Time
: 5/14/1887

Position Held

Member of the French National Assembly
(1848 - 1849)
Applies to Jurisdiction
:
Bas-Rhin's 1st Constituency
Start Time
: 1848
End Time
: 1849
Councillor of State
(1849 - 1851)
Start Time
: 1849
End Time
: 1851
President of the French Academy of Sciences
(1/1/1849 - 12/31/1849)
Series Ordinal
:152
Replaces
:
Claude Pouillet
Replaced By
:
Louis-Isidore Duperrey
Start Time
: 1/1/1849
End Time
: 12/31/1849

Given Name

Jean-Baptiste

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

French

Work Location

Paris

Described by Source

Nordisk Familjebok
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)
Section
:Буссенго Жан Батист
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q43472119
Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q24762925
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q24351381
Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th Edition
Statement Is Subject Of
:
1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Boussingault, Jean Baptiste Joseph Dieudonné

Birth Name

Jean Baptiste Joseph Dieudonné Boussingault

Native Language

French

Commons Gallery

Jean-Baptiste Boussingault

Name in Native Language

Jean-Baptiste Boussingault

Field of Work

Chemistry
Agronomy
Geology
Meteorology

Image of Grave

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Child

Joseph Boussingault

Educated At

École Nationale Supérieure Des Mines De Saint-Étienne

Student

Kliment Timiryazev
Achille Müntz

Employer

University of Lyon

Sex or Gender

Male

Family Name

Boussingault

Described at URL

http://www.digiporta.net/index.php?i ...

Relative

Jean-Louis Boussingault
Kinship to Subject
:
Grandson
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