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Vaux (crater)
Vaux may refer to: People *Antoine-Alexis Cadet de Vaux (1743–1828), French chemist and pharmacist *Bernard Carra de Vaux (1867–1953), French orientalist who published accounts of his travels in the Middle East *Clotilde de Vaux (1815–1846), French writer and poet *Louis-François Bertin de Vaux (1771–1842), French journalist *Noël Jourda de Vaux (1705–1788), comte de Vaux, seigneur d'Artiac *Roland de Vaux (1903–1971), French Dominican priest and archeologist *Peter of Vaux de Cernay (floruit c.1215), Cistercian monk of Vaux de Cernay Abbey, in what is now Yvelines, northern France *James Hardy Vaux (born 1782, date of death unknown), English-born convict transported to Australia on three separate occasions *Bert Vaux (born 1968), American teacher of phonology and morphology at the University of Cambridge *Calvert Vaux (1824–1895), British-born American architect and landscape designer *Cydra Vaux (1962–2013), American sculptor *David Vaux, award-winning scientist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine-Alexis Cadet De Vaux
Antoine-Alexis Cadet de Vaux (1743–1828) was a French chemist and pharmacist. Career Antoine-Alexis Cadet de Vaux was born in Paris on 11 January 1743, the youngest of seven boys. His father was Claude Cadet, first physician of Louis XIV of France. When his father died in 1745 Monsieur de Saint-Laurent, former General Treasurer of colonies, took responsibility for the family, making sure the children were well-educated. In 1771 Cadet de Vaux succeeded his brother, Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt, as chief apothecary of the Hotel des Invalides. He then became chief pharmacist at the Val de Grace and chemistry professor at the Veterinary School of Alfort. He became head of a pharmacy, Rue Saint-Antoine, which he abandoned three years later to study science and rural economy. In 1772, he helped Parmentier to create the first free school for baking. The school was considered so useful that the pair were brought to travel through France to spread the use of good practices and new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |