Gustave Bouchardat
Gustave Bouchardat (born June 4, 1842 in Paris , † November 22, 1918 ibid) was a French chemist and physician.
Bouchardat was a student of Marcellin Berthelot . His areas of work were u. a. the chemistry of natural substances and medical laboratory tests. By heating isoprene with hydrochloric acid, he produced synthetic rubber for the first time in 1880 .
His father was the doctor and pharmacist Apollinaire Bouchardat , who worked as a professor of hygiene in Paris and made fundamental contributions to the treatment of diabetes mellitus .
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| SURNAME | Bouchardat, Gustave |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French chemist and medic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 4, 1842 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 22, 1918 |
| Place of death | Paris |