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WE are called upon to chronicle the death, at Marseilles, on February 17, of Prof. Pierre Antoine Favre, whose name is so intimately Connected with the history of thermo-chemistry. Born at Lyons, February 20, 1813, he entered upon a career of scientific study at Paris, devoting himself especially to chemistry, under the direction of Peligot. After completing the usual course of study, he accepted a position in the laboratory of Prof. Audral, under whose guidance, as well as under that of. Dr.Jecker, he made a series of researches in physiological chemistry. Returning to his former teacner, Prof. Peligot, at the Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers, in the capacity of assistant, he speedily created a reputation by his investigations in thermo-chèmistry, and was appointed Assistant Professor of Chemistry in the Medical Faculty of Paris. After filling this position for nine years, Favre was appointed to the chair of Chemistry in the Scientific and Medical Faculties of Marseilles. Here his marked abilities caused his election as Dean of the Scientific Faculty. Failing health forced him to give up the active duties of his professorship in 1878.
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Pierre Antoine Favre . Nature 21, 417–418 (1880). https://doi.org/10.1038/021417d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/021417d0