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Bernard Courtois

Bernard Courtois
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Bernard Courtois, also spelled Barnard Courtois, was a French chemist credited with first isolating iodine, making early photography possible.

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  1. Bernard Courtois (this page)February 8, 1777 – September 27, 1838
  2. Carl Friedrich GaussApril 30, 1777 – February 23, 1855
  3. John George ChildrenMay 18, 1777 – January 1, 1852
  4. Louis Jacques ThénardMay 4, 1777 – June 21, 1857
  5. Louis PoinsotJanuary 3, 1777 – December 5, 1859
  6. Joseph Louis Gay-LussacDecember 6, 1778 – May 9, 1850

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