Auguste Laurent (14 November 1807 – 15 April 1853) was a French

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who helped in the founding of organic chemistry with his discoveries of

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, and carbolic acid. He devised a systematic nomenclature for organic chemistry based on structural grouping of atoms within molecules to determine how the molecules combine in organic reactions. He studied under Jean-Baptiste Dumas as a laboratory assistant and worked with Charles Frédéric Gerhardt. He died in

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from

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Bibliography

Marc Tiffeneau (ed.) (1918). ''Correspondance de Charles Gerhardt'', tome 1, ''Laurent et Gerhardt'', Paris, Masson.

References

* Fisher, Nicholas W. "Auguste Laurent." Encyclopædia Britannica Mobile. 2013. web.

External links

* http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Laurent.html * Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz *Josette Fournier
"Auguste Laurent (1807-1853) dans la ''Revue scientifique'' du Dr. Quesneville"
''Revue d'Histoire de la Pharmacie'', 2008, no. 359 pp. 287-303 1807 births 1853 deaths 19th-century French chemists French Ministers of Overseas France People from Haute-Marne {{france-chemist-stub