Louis Nicholas Vauquelin ( 1763 - 1829 )

Birth: St Andre d'Hebertot, Normandy, France (16 May 1763) Death: St Andre d'Hebertot, Normandy, France (14 or 15 November 1829) Profession: Apothecary Research Field: Chemistry Career: Laboratory boy, Rouen (1771-1779); assistant to A F Fourcroy (1783-1791); discovered chromium (1797), berryllium (1798) and a number of organic compounds; apothecary, military hospital, Melun; Extraordinary Professor of Chemistry, Ecole Polytechnique; Professor, College de France; Professor of Chemistry, Jardin des Plantes and in the Faculty of Medicine, Paris; retired (1822) Memberships: Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris Membership: Foreign Member Election Date: 11/12/1823.