Joseph Louis Proust

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  • Jaime Wisniak Department of Chemical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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Joseph Louis, the second of the three sons of Rosalie Sarthe (?-1786) and Joseph Proust (?-1792), a distinguished local pharmacist, was born in Angers, France, on September 26, 1754. His elder brother Joachim (1751-1819), apothecary apprentice, and an ambitious and strong character young man, abandoned soon the profession and joined the Regiment Infantry del Piedmont, located in Corcega. At the end of his military contract, he moved to Paris where he played an important political role during the French Revolution: member of the municipal counsel of Angers, and of the first Revolutionary Committee. In this position, he was in charge of organizing the industries of gunpowder and saltpeter. Joseph Louis’s youngest brother, François Jacques (1756-?), emigrated to Île de la Réunion and eventually became major of the city of Mauritius.

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2012-12-10

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Wisniak, J. . (2012). Joseph Louis Proust. Revista CENIC Ciencias Químicas, 43(1), 01-0. Recuperado a partir de https://revista.cnic.edu.cu/index.php/RevQuim/article/view/474

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