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Michel Eugène Chevreul
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French chemist (1786-1889)
OverviewAI-generated
Michel Eugène Chevreul was a male figure associated with Belgium, active from 1803 to 1889. He is identified in musical databases as a composer and violinist, with genres including classical and belgian composer. His professional output includes works such as *De la Loi du Contraste Simultané des Couleurs*, *Chevreul's Farbenharmonie*, *Principles of Harmony and Contrast of Colours, and Their Applications to the Arts*, *Painter, Gilder, and Varnisher's Companion*, and *De la Baguette Divinatoire*.
Chevreul was recognized in the collections of the Royal Society and the American Academy Arts Sciences. He was born on August 31, 1786, and died on April 9, 1889. Various sources catalog his works, with counts ranging from one to eight depending on the database.
Synthesized by Vinony from 20 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Europeana Sparql, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 8
Top works
- Die Farbenharmonie, Mit Besonderer Röcksicht Auf Den Gleichzeitigen Contrast in Ihrer Anwendung in der Malerei, in der Decorativen Kunst, Bei der Ausschmückung der Wohnräume, Sowie in Kostüm und Toilette
- De la Loi du Contraste Simultané des Couleurs
- Chevreul's Farbenharmonie
- Principles of Harmony and Contrast of Colours, and Their Applications to the Arts
- Painter, Gilder, and Varnisher's Companion
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Belgium
- Active from
- 1858-07-16
- Active to
- 1931-05-12
Discography
- Leclair: Sonates à deux violons sans basse op. 3 / Telemann: Sonate canonique n° 1 en sol majeur pour deux violons / Ysaÿe: Première Sonate à deux violons en ut majeur1964
- Chausson / Saint-Saens / Leclair / Locatelli-Ysaye1982
- Six Sonatas for Solo Violin1986
- Unaccompanied Violin1987
- Viuextemps: Violin Concerto no. 5 / Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto no. 3 / Ysaÿe: Sonata for Violin Solo no. 51987
- 6 Sonatas for Solo Violin op. 271988
- Igor Oistrakh Trio / Bach: Trio Sonata No. 1 / Prokofiev: Sonata For Two Violins / Ysayë: Amitié / Moszkowski: Suite For Two Violins And Piano1990
- Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, op. 271992
- Six Sonatas for Violin Solo, op. 271993
- Obsession: 6 sonates pour violin solo, op. 271994
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Colorimetric Method for Determination of Sugars and Related Substances
· 1956 · cited 42,300x
- AutoDock4 and AutoDockTools4: Automated docking with selective receptor flexibility
· 2009 · cited 23,178x
- General atomic and molecular electronic structure system
· 1993 · cited 19,129x
- The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship
· 2016 · cited 14,620x
- 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure
· 2021 · cited 12,125x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- 31 August 1786, Angers , France
- Died
- 9 April 1889 (1889-04-09) (aged 102), Paris , France
- Known for
- Creatine , Fatty acids , Margarine , Chevreul's salt , Color analysis
- Awards
- Copley Medal (1857) , Albert Medal (1873)
- Fields
- Chemistry
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Angers
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- painter
- Employer
- Collège de France
- Languages spoken
- French
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Field of work
- chemistry
- Image
- Michel Eugène Chevreul.jpg
Show 14 more facts
- Commons gallery
- Michel Eugène Chevreul
- start of work period
- 1803-00-00
- end of work period
- 1889-00-00
- member of
- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- Commons category
- Michel Eugène Chevreul
- date of death
- 1889-04-09
- date of birth
- 1786-08-31
- name in native language
- Michel-Eugène Chevreul
- student
- Stanislao Cannizzaro
- writing language
- French
- Commons Creator page
- Michel Eugène Chevreul
- subject has role
- centenarian
- P8168
- Olena Zubrilova
- significant person
- Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Michel Eugène Chevreul, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Michel Eugène Chevreul ( French pronunciation: [miʃɛl øʒɛn ʃəvʁœl]; 31 August 1786 – 9 April 1889) was a French chemist whose work contributed to significant developments in science, medicine, and art. Chevreul's early work with animal fats revolutionized soap and candle manufacturing and led to his isolation of the heptadecanoic (margaric), stearic, and oleic fatty acids. In the process, Chevreul became the first scientist to define the concept of a chemical compound and the first to formally characterize the nature of organic compounds; he is consequently considered a founder of modern organic chemistry.
In the medical field, Chevreul was first to demonstrate that diabetics excrete glucose in the urine and to isolate creatine. Chevreul's study of textile dyes while director of the Gobelins Manufactory in Paris led to color theories that "provided the scientific basis for Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painting."
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Michel Eugène Chevreul” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.