Alexandre Baudrimont
Appearance
Alexandre Edouard Baudrimont | |
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Born | |
Died | 24 January 1880 | (aged 73)
Nationality | French |
Known for | Preparation of sodium phosphide, description of Erromintxela |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Chemistry, linguistics, ethnography |
Alexandre Edouard Baudrimont (7 May 1806 – 24 January 1880) was a 19th-century French professor of chemistry who published various books connected to the sciences, languages and the Basque Country (in particular Erromintxela):
- Dictionnaire de l'industrie manufacturière, commerciale et agricole (1837, Paris)
- Recherches anatomiques et physiologiques sur le développement du fœtus: et en particulier sur l'évolution embryonnaire des oiseaux et des batraciens (with Martin Saint-Ange, G.J.) (1846)
- Histoire des Basques ou Escualdunais primitifs, restaurée d'après la langue, les caractères ethnologiques et les mœurs des Basques actuels (1854, Paris)
- Vocabulaire de la langue des Bohémiens habitant les Pays Basque Français (1862, Bordeaux)
In the field of science he is best known for first preparation of Na3P in the mid-19th century by reacting molten sodium with phosphorus pentachloride.[1]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Baudrimont. Ann. Chim. Phys. 1864, volume 2, 13.