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Pierre-Joseph Pelletier
(22 Mar 1788 - 19 Jul 1842)
French chemist who isolated chlorophyll (1817) in partnership with Joseph-Bienaimé Caventou. They also investigated alkaloid chemistry, and discovered strychnine (1818), brucine (1819), quinine (1820) and caffeine (1821).
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Science Quotes by Pierre-Joseph Pelletier (1 quote)
La matière verte des végétaux … Nous proposons de lui donner le nom de chlorophyle.
The green matter of plants … We propose to give the name of chlorophyll.
The green matter of plants … We propose to give the name of chlorophyll.
— Pierre-Joseph Pelletier
As coauthor with Joseph-Bienaimé Caventou, in 'Sur la Matière verte des Feuilles', Annales de Chimie (1818), 9, 195. Cited in the Oxford English Dictionary as the earliest etymology example given for chlorophyll. Translation by Google.
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- 22 Mar - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Pelletier's birth.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
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