Charles Prévost

Charles Prévost was a French chemist. He was born on 20 March 1899 at Champlitte, Haute-Saône and died in 1983.[1]

Biography

Prévost was the son of Georges Prévost (1873–1959) and Marie Zimmermann (1873–1932). He married Eléonore Fumée (1899–1966), with whom he had two children.[2] After studying at Lycée Louis-le-Grand[3] he was a student from 1919 to 1923 at the École Normale Supérieure and at the University of Paris. In 1923 he entered the agrégation in physical sciences[4] and spent six years as an assistant at the École Navale. In 1928 he received his doctorate in physical sciences. From 1929 to 1933 he was a lecturer in Nancy, then becoming a professor of chemistry; from 1936 to 1937 he was a professor at Lille. In November of that year he became maître de conférences (senior lecturer) for physical, chemical and natural sciences at the Faculté des sciences de Paris;[5] then in 1941 he transferred to be maître de conferences for organic chemistry. In 1953 he was made chair of organic chemistry.[3]

See also

• Prévost reaction

References

1. Laurence Lestel (2008). L'Editeur : EDP Sciences (ed.). Itinéraires de chimistes. EDP Sciences. p. 445. ISBN 9782868839152.
2. "Charles Prévost". Fumée.net. Retrieved 11 June 2011.^[permanent dead link‍]
3. Mary Jo Nye (1993). University of California Press (ed.). From chemical philosophy to theoretical chemistry. University of California Press. p. 151. ISBN 978-0-520-08210-6.
4. André Chervel. "Les agrégés de l'enseignement secondaire. Répertoire 1809–1950". Laboratoire de recherche historique Rhône-Alpes. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
5. "Annales de l'Université de Paris / publiées par la Société des amis de l'Université". Gallica. Retrieved 29 January 2016.