Jean Pierre Louis Girardin
Jean Pierre Louis Girardin (born November 16, 1803 in Paris , † May 29, 1884 in Rouen ) was a French agricultural chemist.
Girardin entered the pharmaceutical laboratory of the hospitals of Paris in 1821, in 1825 in the laboratory of Thénard and in 1828 received the professorship of applied chemistry in Rouen . Here he also set up a course in applied chemistry for workers and published these lectures as Leçons de chimie élémentaire appliquée aux arts industriels (1837; 6th edition 1880, 5 vols.). In 1838 he was appointed professor of agricultural chemistry at the École d'agriculture founded on his drive. In 1848 he began his lectures on manure in the department of Niederseine and had a great influence on the progress of culture in Normandy. In 1858 he followed a call to Lille and was then rector of the academy in Clermont .
In 1842 he became a corresponding member of the Académie des sciences .
Fonts (selection)
- Éléments de minéralogie appliquée aux sciences chimiques (Paris 1826, 2 vols.);
- Nouveau manuel de botanique (Paris 1827);
- Considérations générales sur les volcans (Rouen 1830);
- Du sol arable (2nd edition, Paris 1842);
- Des fumiers et autres engrais animaux (7th edition 1875);
- Résumé des conférences agricoles sur les fumiers (3rd edition 1854);
- Moyens d'utiliser le marc de pommes (4th edition 1854);
- Des marcs dans nos campagnes (Rouen 1854);
- Traité élémentaire d'agriculture (3rd edition 1874, 2 vols.);
- Chimie générale et appliquée (1868–1869, 4 vols.)
Web links
- Article by / about Jean Girardin in the Polytechnic Journal
- Literature by and about Jean Pierre Louis Girardin in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- Works by and about Jean Pierre Louis Girardin in the German Digital Library
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Girardin, Jean Pierre Louis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 16, 1803 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 29, 1884 |
| Place of death | Rouen |