Henri Moissan

Henri Moissan
Moissan in 1906
Born
Ferdinand Frédéric Henri Moissan

(1852-09-28)28 September 1852
Paris, France
Died20 February 1907(1907-02-20) (aged 54)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
Known forIsolation of fluorine
SpouseMarie Léonie Lugan Moissan (m. 1882; 1 child)
AwardsDavy Medal (1896)
Elliott Cresson Medal (1898)
Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1906)
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
InstitutionsSorbonne
Doctoral advisorHenri Debray[1]
Doctoral studentsPaul Lebeau
Maurice Meslans
Signature

Ferdinand Frédéric Henri Moissan (28 September 1852 – 20 February 1907) was a French chemist and pharmacist who won the 1906 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in isolating fluorine from its compounds.[a] Moissan was one of the original members of the International Atomic Weights Committee.[1][3]

  1. ^ a b Fechete, Ioana (September 2016). "Ferdinand Frédéric Henri Moissan: The first French Nobel Prize winner in chemistry or nec pluribus impar". Comptes Rendus Chimie. 19 (9): 1027–1032. doi:10.1016/j.crci.2016.06.005.
  2. ^ Gribbin, J (2002). The Scientists: A History of Science Told Through the Lives of Its Greatest Inventors. New York: Random House. p. 378. Bibcode:2003shst.book.....G. ISBN 978-0-8129-6788-3.
  3. ^ Viel, C. (January 2008). "Henri Moissan : l'homme, le collectionneur, l'enseignant" [Henri Moissan: the man, the collector, the teacher]. Annales Pharmaceutiques Françaises (in French). 66 (1): 34–38. doi:10.1016/j.pharma.2007.12.006. PMID 18435984.


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