Germain Henri Hess

Germain Henri Hess
Germain Henri Hess
Born(1802-08-07)7 August 1802
Died13 December 1850(1850-12-13) (aged 48)
NationalityRussian-Swiss
Alma materUniversity of Dorpat
Known forHess' law, Thermochemistry
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
InstitutionsSt. Petersburg Academy of Sciences

Germain Henri Hess (Russian: Герман Иванович Гесс, romanizedGerman Ivanovich Gess; 7 August 1802 – 30 November 1850) was a Swiss-Russian chemist and doctor who formulated Hess' law, an early principle of thermochemistry.