2-358-624 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Marcellin Berthelot, French organic chemist and politician, 1903. Pierre-Eugene Marcellin Berthelot (1827-1907) worked on explosives and dyes, and proved that hydrocarbons and other organic compounds can be synthesised from inorganic materials. He was one of the founders of thermochemistry. He served as French Foreign Minister from 1895-1896. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L'Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1925, 9th album, Editions MD, Paris.