Jean Baptiste Joseph Dieudonné (Jean) (Baptiste) Boussingault
1802–87
French agricultural chemist. Travelled and worked in South America in the early part of his career. Professor of chemistry at University of Lyons. Professor of agricultural and analytical chemistry, Conservatoire des arts et métiers, Paris, 1839. Best known for his work on the absorption of nitrogen by plants.
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DSB
EB
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.
EB: The Encyclopædia Britannica. A dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information. 11th edition. 29 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1910–11.
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