Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau

Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau
Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau
Born4 January 1737 (1737-01-04)
Dijon, France
Died2 January 1816 (1816-01-03) (aged 78)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
Known forchemical nomenclature
SpouseClaudine Picardet
Scientific career
Fieldschemistry

Louis-Bernard Guyton, Baron de Morveau (also Louis-Bernard Guyton-Morveau after the French Revolution; 4 January 1737 – 2 January 1816) was a French chemist, politician, and aeronaut. He is credited with producing the first systematic method of chemical nomenclature.[1]

  1. ^ Simon, Jonathan (November 2002). "Authority and authorship in the method of chemical nomenclature". Ambix. 49 (3). England: 206–26. doi:10.1179/amb.2002.49.3.206. ISSN 0002-6980. PMID 12833919. S2CID 27672569.