Charles Adolphe Wurtz
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 141 years ago |
| Date of birth | November 26,1817 |
| Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
| Born | Wolfisheim |
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| Date of died | May 10,1884 |
| Died | Paris |
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| Nationality | French |
| Known for | Wurtz reaction |
| Awards | Faraday Lectureship Prize |
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| ID | 712016 |
Charles Adolphe Wurtz Life story
Charles Adolphe Wurtz was an Alsatian French chemist. He is best remembered for his decades-long advocacy for the atomic theory and for ideas about the structures of chemical compounds, against the skeptical opinions of chemists such as Marcellin Berthelot and Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville.