Louis Le Chatelier

Summary

Louis Le Chatelier (20 February 1815 – 10 November 1873) was a French chemist and industrialist who developed a method for producing aluminium from bauxite in 1855. His son was chemist Henry Louis Le Chatelier. His name is inscribed on the Eiffel tower.[1][2]

Louis Le Chatelier
Born(1815-02-20)20 February 1815
Paris, France
Died10 November 1873(1873-11-10) (aged 58)
Paris, France
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry

Le Chatelier and his wife Louise Madeleine Élisabeth Durand (1827–1902) had seven children. One was Alfred Le Chatelier (1855–1929), who joined the army.[3] Alfred later became a ceramicist and then held the chair of Muslim sociology in the Collège de France for many years.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ F. Habashi K.J. Bayer and his time Archived 2012-02-20 at the Wayback Machine. Laval University, Quebec City
  2. ^ Henri Louis LE CHATELIER (1815–1873). annales.org
  3. ^ Arthur 2017, p. 108.
  4. ^ Arthur 2017, p. 118.

Sources edit

  • Arthur, Paul (2017), "Alfred Le Chatelier et l'Atelier de Glatigny" (PDF), Sèvres (in French) (26), retrieved 2018-02-25