Gabriel François Venel
Gabriel François Venel (23 August 1723, Tourbes – 29 October 1775, Pézenas) was a French chemist, physician and a contributor to the Encyclopédie,[1] (673 items,[2] articles on chemistry, pharmacy, physiology and medicine).
In 1742 he obtained his doctorate in medicine from the University of Montpellier, where in 1759 he attained the chair of materia medica.[3]
As inspecteur général des eaux minérales, with Pierre Bayen (1725–1798), he provided analysis of French mineral waters.[3] In 1768 he became a member of the Société royale des sciences de Montpellier.[2]
Selected works
- Mémoire sur l'analyse des eaux de selters ou de seltz, 1755.
- Essai sur l'analyse des végétaux, 1755.
- Analyses chimiques des nouvelles eaux nimérales, vitrioliques, ferrugineuses, decouvertes à Passy dans la maison de Madame de Calsabigi, 1757.
- "Quaestiones chemicae duodecim ab illustrissimis viris ... propositae ... : pro Regiâ Cathedrâ vacante in Universitate Medicinae Monspeliensi", 1759.
- Instructions sur l'usage de la houille, 1775.
- Précis de matiere médicale, 1787.[4]
- Books about Gabriel François Venel:
- Gabriel-François Venel (1723-1775): sa place dans la chimie française du XVIIIe siècle, by Christine Lecornu Lehman, Université de Paris X: Nanterre, 2000 (1404 pages).[5]
References
- ↑ Kafker, Frank A.: Notices sur les auteurs des 17 volumes de « discours » de l'Encyclopédie (suite et fin). Recherches sur Diderot et sur l'Encyclopédie Année (1990) Volume 8 Numéro 8 p. 118
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sociétés savantes de France Louis Dulieu, Gabriel-François Venel. : Bulletin de l'Académie des Sciences et Lettres de Montpellier, nouvelle série, III, 1972, p. 123-135.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Dictionnaire historique de la médecine ancienne et moderne, Volume 4 by Jean Eugene Dezeimeris
- ↑ WorldCat Search published works
- ↑ Google Books Gabriel-François Venel (1723-1775): sa place dans la chimie française du XVIIIe siècle
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