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Joseph Louis Proust was a French chemist, pharmacist, and balloonist. Born in Angers on September 26, 1754, he died in the same city on July 5, 1826. He held the position of editor and was employed by the University of Salamanca. Proust was a student of Hilaire Rouelle and had significant associations with Jean-François Pilatre de Rozier and Jacques Charles.
He was a member of the French Academy of Sciences, the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, the Académie Nationale de Médecine, and the Academy of Sciences of Turin. Proust received the award of Knight of the Legion of Honour. His written works include *Essai sur une des causes qui peuvent amener la formation du calcul*, *Cartilla para los labradores que quieran hacer azucar de uva ...*, and *Resultado de las experiencias hechas sobre el alcanfor de Murcia*.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1754
- Died
- 1826
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Essai sur une des causes qui peuvent amener la formation du calcul
- Cartilla para los labradores que quieran hacer azucar de uva ...
- Resultado de las experiencias hechas sobre el alcanfor de Murcia
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1871-07-10
- Active to
- 1922-11-18
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4
- Total plays
- 6
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Joseph+Proust">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- You Only Look Once: Unified, Real-Time Object Detection
· 2016 · cited 40,244x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,494x
- Naturalistic inquiry
· 1985 · cited 34,765x
- When to use and how to report the results of PLS-SEM
· 2019 · cited 21,483x
- CONFIDENCE LIMITS ON PHYLOGENIES: AN APPROACH USING THE BOOTSTRAP
· 1985 · cited 19,721x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Joseph Louis Proust , ( 1754-09-26 ) 26 September 1754, Angers , France
- Died
- 5 July 1826 (1826-07-05) (aged 71), Angers, France
- Occupation
- Chemist
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Joseph Louis Proust (26 September 1754 – 5 July 1826) was a French chemist. He was best known for his discovery of the law of definite proportions in 1797, stating that chemical compounds always combine in constant proportions.
Life
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