Claude-Auguste Lamy

Claude Auguste Lamy
Born	15 June 1820(1820-06-15) Ney, Jura, France
Died	20 March 1878(1878-03-20) (aged 57) Paris, France
Nationality	French
Institutions	University of Lille University of Limoges University of Paris
Known for	discovery of thallium

Claude Auguste Lamy (15 June 1820 – 20 March 1878) was a French chemist who discovered the element thallium independently from William Crookes in 1862.^[1][2]

Life

Lamy was born in the commune of Ney in the department of Jura, France in 1820. He studied at the École Normale Supérieure, Paris. After he graduated from University in 1842 he became a teacher at Lille than at Limoges and again in Lille. In 1851 he received his Ph.D. In 1854 he became professor at the faculty of sciences of Lille (Université Lille Nord de France) and taught at École centrale de Lille. In 1866 he changed to the École centrale de Paris. Lamy died in 1878.^[3]

References

1. ^ Lamy, Claude-Auguste (1862). "De l'existencè d'un nouveau métal, le thallium". Comptes Rendus: 1255–1262. http://gallica2.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k30115.image.r=Comptes+Rendus+Hebdomadaires.f1254.langFR. 
2. ^ James, Frank A. J. L. (1984). "Of 'Medals and Muddles' the Context of the Discovery of Thallium: William Crookes's Early". Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London 39 (1): 65–90. doi:10.1098/rsnr.1984.0005. JSTOR 531576. 
3. ^ Lestel, Laurence (2008). Itinéraires de chimistes: 1857-2007, 150 ans de chimie en France avec les présidents de la SFC. L'Editeur : EDP Sciences. p. 308. ISBN 9782868839152. http://books.google.com/?id=ZKdtQxid7uMC&pg=PA308. 

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Name	Lamy, Claude Auguste
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Date of birth	15 June 1820
Place of birth	Ney, Jura, France
Date of death	20 March 1878
Place of death	Paris, France