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Victor Grignard
1871 – 1935 · aged 64
French chemist (1871-1935)
- Born
- 6 May 1871 · Cherbourg
- Died
- 13 Dec 1935 · 7th arrondissement of Lyon
Life timeline
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- 6 May 1871BornBorn in Cherbourg
- 1906AwardJecker Prize
- 1912AwardLavoisier Medal
- 1912AwardNobel Prize in Chemistry
- 1920AwardOfficer of the Legion of Honour
- 1933AwardCommander of the Legion of Honour
- 13 Dec 1935DiedDied in 7th arrondissement of Lyon
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1871 – 1935).
- 18961896 Summer Olympics
- 1898Spanish–American War
- 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
- 1914 – 1918World War I
- 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
- 1917Balfour Declaration
- 1917February Revolution
- 1917October Revolution
- 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
- 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
- 1920Treaty of Versailles
- 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
- 19341934 FIFA World Cup
Biography
François Auguste Victor Grignard (6 May 1871 – 13 December 1935) was a French chemist who won the Nobel Prize for his discovery of the eponymously named Grignard reagent and Grignard reaction, both of which are important in the formation of carbon–carbon bonds. He also wrote some of his experiments in his laboratory notebooks.
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