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Sep 20, 1840 Lausanne, canton of Bern, Switzerland Died on 10 Apr 1933 (aged 92)
Swiss chemist (1840-1933)
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About Jules Piccard
- Jules Piccard, also known as Julius Piccard (20 September 1840, in Lausanne – 11 April 1933, in Lausanne) was a Swiss chemist.
- He was the father of twins Auguste Piccard (1884–1962) and Jean Felix Piccard (1884–1963), both renowned balloonists. He studied chemistry at the University of Heidelberg as a student of Robert Bunsen, receiving his doctorate in 1862.
- Shortly afterwards, he obtained his habilitation at the polytechnical institute in Zürich.
- From 1869 to 1903 he was a professor of chemistry at the University of Basel.He made contributions in the field of food chemistry and in his research of cantharidin, dinitrocresol, chrysin and resorcinol.
- He is also known for his studies involving the atomic weight of rubidium.
