births
January 6, 1795
Anselme Payen, French chemist and academic (died 1871)
Anselme Payen
Anselme Payen was a French chemist known for discovering the enzyme diastase, and the carbohydrate cellulose.
January 6
January 6 is the sixth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 359 days remain until the end of the year.