Guy Henry Ourisson (March 26, 1926 – November 4, 2006) was a French

chemist A chemist (from Greek ''chēm(ía)'' alchemy; replacing ''chymist'' from Medieval Latin ''alchemist'') is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties. Chemists carefully describe th ...

. He was a member of the Academy of Sciences where he was vice president and then became the president. Awarded the Ernest Guenther Award in 1972 and the

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in 1985.

Career

In 1952 he obtained a PhD from

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. In 1954 he obtained a

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in physics from the Sorbonne under the direction of G. Dupont. At the

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he was appointed lecturer in 1955, professor in 1958 and professor emeritus in 1995. He died, aged 80, in

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References

* http://www.education.gouv.fr/cid2032/desaffection-des-etudiants-pour-les-etudes-scientifiques.html 20th-century French chemists 1926 births 2006 deaths People from Boulogne-Billancourt Harvard University alumni Members of the French Academy of Sciences Foreign Fellows of the Indian National Science Academy Paris-Sorbonne University alumni University of Strasbourg alumni Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences {{France-chemist-stub