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Paul Sabatier
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Paul Sabatier

1854 – 1941 · aged 87

French chemist (1854–1941)

Born
5 Nov 1854 · Carcassonne
Died
14 Aug 1941 · Toulouse

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

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  1. 5 Nov 1854BornBorn in Carcassonne
  2. 1897AwardLa Caze Prize of the Academy of Sciences
  3. 1905AwardJecker Prize
  4. 1908AwardKnight of the Legion of Honour
  5. 1912AwardNobel Prize in Chemistry
  6. 1913AwardOfficer of the Legion of Honour
  7. 1915AwardDavy Medal
  8. 1918AwardForeign Member of the Royal Society
  9. 1922AwardCommander of the Legion of Honour
  10. 1926AwardAlbert Medal
  11. 1931AwardGrand Officer of the Legion of Honour
  12. 1933AwardFranklin Medal
  13. 14 Aug 1941DiedDied in Toulouse

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1854 – 1941).

  1. 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
  2. 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
  3. 18961896 Summer Olympics
  4. 1898Spanish–American War
  5. 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
  6. 1914 – 1918World War I
  7. 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
  8. 1917Balfour Declaration
  9. 1917February Revolution
  10. 1917October Revolution
  11. 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
  12. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  13. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  14. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  15. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  16. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  17. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  18. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  19. 1938Munich Agreement
  20. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  21. 1939 – 1945World War II
  22. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  23. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  24. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  25. 1941Operation Barbarossa

Biography

Paul Sabatier (French: [sabatje]; 5 November 1854 – 14 August 1941) was a French chemist, born in Carcassonne. In 1912, Sabatier was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Victor Grignard. Sabatier was honoured for his work improving the hydrogenation of organic species in the presence of metals.

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