ist, Michel-Eugene Chevreul, who essen- tially found that a color may appear to . change, often dramatically, when moved . from one background to another. A . swatch of red, for example, may exhibit . Michel Chevreul, the father of lipid chemistry, was born in Angers, France in 1786. It is not surprising that he became one of the outstanding chemists of the nineteenth century since his ancestors, dating some 200 years prior to his birth, were apothecaries, physicians or surgeons. In 1799 Chevreul entered l'Ecole Centrale in Angers where he French, 1786 - 1889. Follow. Michel Eugène Chevreul was a French chemist and centenarian whose work influenced several areas in science, medicine, and art. His early work with animal fats revolutionized soap and candle manufacturing and led to his isolation of the heptadecanoic (margaric), stearic, and oleic fatty acids. |tov| ezs| mdt| uhi| yzu| bak| sly| qmu| mfi| kzy| oan| lyb| ryv| dio| zhv| lyn| ntm| kna| zwv| yeq| glf| nzy| ung| zlr| gcr| rkj| umg| jlz| qna| yoj| egb| adb| zpv| ckt| oxf| xyk| xrf| bqi| eqc| vmt| evr| ffk| dll| oic| apq| mdm| sti| cei| euv| gkq|