Guillaume-François Rouelle

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birth_date = 16 September, 1703
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death_date = 3 August, 1770
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nationality = French
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field = chemist
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known_for = base
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influenced = Denis Diderot Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier Joseph Proust Antoine-Augustin Parmentier
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Guillaume François Rouelle (1703-1770) was a French chemist and apothecary. In 1754 he introduced the concept of a base into chemistry, as a substance which reacts with an acid to give it solid form (as a salt).

He is known as "l'Aîné" (the elder) to distinguish him from his younger brother, Hilaire Rouelle, who was also a chemist and known as the discoverer of urea.

He started a public course in his laboratory in 1738 where he taught many students among whom were Denis Diderot, Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier, Joseph Proust and Antoine-Augustin Parmentier.

References

*cite journal
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year=1996
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title= [Did Lavoisier benefit from the teachings of the apothecary Guillaume-François Rouelle?]
journal=Histoire des sciences médicales
volume=30
issue=1
pages=30
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year=1995
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title= [Did Lavoisier benefit from the teachings of the apothecary Guillaume-François Rouelle?]
journal=Revue d'histoire de la pharmacie
volume=42
issue=307
pages=361–7
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pmid = 11624913
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