Nationality French Known for discovery of thallium | Name Claude-Auguste Lamy | |
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Born 15 June 1820
Ney, Jura, France ( 1820-06-15 ) Institutions University of Lille
University of Limoges
University of Paris Died March 20, 1878, Paris, France Institution University of Lille Nord de France, University of Limoges, University of Paris | ||
Claude Auguste Lamy ([lami]}; 15 June 1820 – 20 March 1878) was a French chemist who discovered the element thallium independently from William Crookes in 1862.
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 then 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 des arts industriels et des mines (École centrale de Lille). In 1866 he changed to the École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures (École centrale de Paris). Lamy died in 1878.
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