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Saint-André-d'Hébertot
Calvados
Basse-Normandie

Route du Grand If Vert / D534

Louis Nicolas Vauquelin

Saint-André-d'Hébertot 1763 - Saint-André-d'Hébertot 1829
French pharmacist and chemist
(Wikipedia)

artist unknown
1901/1963

Saint-André-d'Hébertot / Louis Nicolas Vauquelin

Description

Bust on a column.

Inscription(s)

A
L.N. VAUQUELIN
CHIMISTE
le pays ou il est ne
ne a st. andre-d'hebertot | mort a st. andre-d'hebertot
le 16 mai 1763 | le 14 nov.^bre 1829
a l'auteur des découvertes
du chrome et de la glucine
a l'actif prometeur
de l'analyse chimique rigoureuse

Annotation

In 1901 the bust was inaugurated by Julien Vauquelin, great-nephew of the chemist. The original 1901 bust was melted during the German occupation and replaced in 1963.

Saint-André-d'Hébertot - Louis Nicolas Vauquelin

Sculptor

Unknown artist. Do you know who the sculptor is? please let us know.

Sources & Information

Revue d'histoire de la pharmacie, vol. 51, no. 177 (1963), pp. 117-120 (on-line).
E-monumen.net.

Locatie (N 49°18'15" - E 0°15'22") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

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