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Marcellin Berthelot

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Profession
Chemist
Died
Mar 18, 1907
Zodiac
Scorpio
Born in
France
About
French chemist who specialized in thermochemistry and is known for his role in developing the Thomsen-Berthelot principle. He successfully disproved the theory of vitalism, the idea that living organisms are made up of fundamentally different matter than non-living organisms.
Family
He was married to Sophie Niaudet, whose death immediately preceded his, and they had six children.

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