Antoine Jérome Balard
1802–76
French chemist. Trained as a pharmacist in Montpellier. Specialised in marine chemistry. Discovered the element bromine; was the first to study and name oxamic acid and amyl alcohol. Professor, Sorbonne, 1842; Collège de France, 1851. Member, Académie des Sciences, 1844.
Source
DSB.
Bibliography
DSB: Dictionary of scientific biography. Edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Frederic L. Holmes. 18 vols. including index and supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1970–90.
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