Chevreul, Michel Eugène (1786-1889), chemist
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0120 MSS.1589-1590 & 7125 |
Held at | : Wellcome Library Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://wellcomelibrary.org/ › |
Full title | : Chevreul, Michel Eugène (1786-1889), chemist |
Date(s) | : 1812-1881 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 41 items |
Name of creator(s) | : Chevreul | Michel Eugène | 1786-1889 | chemist |
Detailed catalogue | : Click here to view repository detailed catalogue |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Michel Chevereul was educated at the Collége de France, and elected a Member of the Académie des Sciences in 1826. He was Professor of Organic Chemistry at the Musée d'Histoire Naturelle, and Director form 1860 to 1879. He is mainly famous for his work on the composition of animal fats and saponification. He was elected FRS in 1857.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Letters, reports and miscellaneous documents, mainly by Michel Chevreul, 1812-1881.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
French
System of arrangement:
Partially in chronological order.
Conditions governing access:
The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
Finding aids:
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
MS 1590 was purchased in 1922. MS 7125 was purchased at various auctioneers' sales in Paris and London, 1928-1936.
Allied Materials
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Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Copied from the Wellcome Library catalogue by Sarah Drewery.
Rules or conventions:
In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions:
Feb 2009
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