1766 - John Dalton born: atomic theory; multiple proportions; gases of the atmosphere; Dalton's law of partial pressures. |
1828 - Alexandre M. Butlerov born: structural theory of organic chemistry. |
1870 - Frederick G. Donnan born: membrane equilibrium (Donnan equilibrium) and chemical kinetics. |
1876 - John J. R. Macleod born: co-discoverer of insulin; Nobel prize (Medicine), 1923. |
1906 - Luis Frederico Leloir born: biochemistry and metabolism of sugars; Nobel prize, 1970. |
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