biography
| name: |
Pelletier, Pierre Joseph
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pronunciation:
[peltyay]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1788–1842)
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| biography:
| Chemist, born in Paris, France. Professor and later director at the Ecole de Pharmacie in Paris, with Joseph Bienaimé Caventou he discovered strychnine, quinine, brucine, and other alkaloids. He was responsible for the naming of chlorophyll. |
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