Charles Adolphe Wurtz

Charles Adolphe Wurtz was an Alsatian French chemist. He is best remembered for his decades-long advocacy for the atomic theory and for ideas about the structures of chemical compounds, against the skeptical opinions of chemists such as Marcellin Berthelot and Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville.

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Who was born first?

• Charles Adolphe Wurtz and Charles Piazzi Smyth were born the same year
• Charles Adolphe Wurtz and Carl Nägeli were born the same year
• Charles Adolphe Wurtz and Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac were born the same year
• Charles Adolphe Wurtz and C. H. D. Buys Ballot were born the same year
• Charles Adolphe Wurtz was born 1 year after Rudolf Wolf

Timeline

1. Rudolf WolfJuly 7, 1816 – December 6, 1893
2. C. H. D. Buys BallotOctober 10, 1817 – February 3, 1890
3. Carl NägeliMarch 26, 1817 – May 10, 1891
4. Charles Adolphe Wurtz (this page)November 26, 1817 – May 12, 1884
5. Charles Piazzi SmythJanuary 3, 1817 – February 21, 1900
6. Jean Charles Galissard de MarignacApril 24, 1817 – April 15, 1894

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