Charles Moureu (1862-1929)

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Description

Date ca 1929
Metal bronze
Shape rectangle
Weight 127 g
Dimensions  52×70 mm
Marks corne
Medallist Gabard
Rarity Scarce

Born in Mourenx, Charles Moureu was professor at the Paris School of Pharmacy from 1907 to 1917. He then studied the combat gas and became, after WWI, a world-known organic chemistry expert. He discovered the auto-oxidation phenomenon.

References:
Pharmaciens aquitains célèbres” by G. Devaux, Bull. Soc. Pharm. Bordeaux, 143, 87-96, 2004
Grands pharmaciens” by P. Fougère, Eds Buchet / Chastel, Paris, 1956