Vauquelin, Nicolas-Louis

Vauquelin, Nicolas-Louis

▪ French chemist
born May 16, 1763, Saint-André-d'Hébertot, France
died Nov. 14, 1829, Saint-André-d'Hébertot
 French chemist who discovered the elements chromium (1797) and beryllium (1798).

      A peasant's son, Vauquelin went to work in an apothecary shop, where he was befriended by Antoine-François Fourcroy, who made him his laboratory assistant (1783–91). Vauquelin began publishing on his own authority in 1790 and was associated with 376 scientific papers. His teaching and consultative posts date from 1794. In 1809 he succeeded Fourcroy as chemistry professor at the Paris Faculty of Medicine.

      Vauquelin detected chromium in a lead ore from Siberia and beryllium in beryl. His other chemical discoveries included quinic acid, asparagine (the first amino acid to be isolated), camphoric acid, and other naturally occurring compounds. In 1827 he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies. Vauquelin is also remembered as the sponsor of Louis-Jacques Thenard, another peasant's son who became a famous chemist.

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