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| Berthelot, Pierre Eugène Marselin |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Ber·the·lot |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b r-t -l  |
| DATES: | 1827–1907 |
| French chemist and public official who was a founder of thermochemistry, studied explosives, and was the first to synthesize organic compounds.
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