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Paul Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran Bio

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Paul Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran (1838 - 1912)

Paul Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran (1838 - 1912)

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Paul Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran:

Lecoq de Boisbaudran was a French chemist.

Birth:

April 18, 1838 in Cognac, France

Death:

May 28, 1912 in Paris France

Claim to Fame:

Lecoq de Boisbaudran was a French chemist who used Kirchhoff's spectroscopy techniques to discover the elements gallium, samarium, and dysprosium.

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