Michel Eugène Chevreul, French chemist and academic (born 1786)

Michel Eugène Chevreul

French chemist (1786–1889)

Michel Eugène Chevreul was a French chemist whose work contributed to significant developments in science, medicine, and art. Chevreul's early work with animal fats revolutionized soap and candle manufacturing and led to his isolation of the heptadecanoic (margaric), stearic,…