GB 0120 MSS.1589-1590 & 7125 - Chevreul, Michel Eugène (1786-1889), chemist

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GB 0120 MSS.1589-1590 & 7125

Title

Chevreul, Michel Eugène (1786-1889), chemist

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  • 1812-1881 (Creation)

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41 items

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Biographical history

Michel Chevereul was educated at the Collége de France, and elected a Member of the Académie des Sciences in 1826. He was Professor of Organic Chemistry at the Musée d'Histoire Naturelle, and Director form 1860 to 1879. He is mainly famous for his work on the composition of animal fats and saponification. He was elected FRS in 1857.

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GB 0120 MSS.1589-1590 & 7125 1812-1881 Collection (fonds) 41 items Chevreul , Michel Eugène , 1786-1889 , chemist

Michel Chevereul was educated at the Collége de France, and elected a Member of the Académie des Sciences in 1826. He was Professor of Organic Chemistry at the Musée d'Histoire Naturelle, and Director form 1860 to 1879. He is mainly famous for his work on the composition of animal fats and saponification. He was elected FRS in 1857.

MS 1590 was purchased in 1922. MS 7125 was purchased at various auctioneers' sales in Paris and London, 1928-1936.

Letters, reports and miscellaneous documents, mainly by Michel Chevreul, 1812-1881.

Partially in chronological order.

The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

French

Copied from the Wellcome Library catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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MS 1590 was purchased in 1922. MS 7125 was purchased at various auctioneers' sales in Paris and London, 1928-1936.

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Letters, reports and miscellaneous documents, mainly by Michel Chevreul, 1812-1881.

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Partially in chronological order.

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The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Conditions governing reproduction

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

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  • English

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  • Latin

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French

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Wellcome Library

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In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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  • English

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