Louis Lémery, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French botanist and chemist
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Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France
About Louis Lémery
- Louis Lémery (25 January 1677 – 9 June 1743) was a French botanist and chemist. The son of scientist Nicolas Lemery, Louis was appointed physician at the Hôtel-Dieu de Paris in 1710, and became demonstrator of chemistry at the Jardin du Roi in 1731.
- He was the author of a Traité des aliments (1702), and of a Dissertation sur la nature des os (1704), as well as of a number of papers on chemical topics.
- He also wrote "A Treatise of All Sorts of Foods, Both Animal and Vegetable; also of Drinkables: Giving an Account how to chuse the best Sort of all Kinds", first published in English in 1745.
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