Frédéric Swarts, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Frédéric Swarts

chemist

Date of Birth: 02-Sep-1866

Place of Birth: Ixelles, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium

Date of Death: 06-Sep-1940

Profession: chemist

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Frédéric Swarts (2 September 1866 – 6 September 1940) was a Belgian chemist who prepared the first chlorofluorocarbon, CF2Cl2 (Freon-12) as well as several other related compounds.
He was a professor in the civil engineering at the University of Ghent.
In addition to his work on organofluorine chemistry, he authored the textbook "Cours de Chimie Organique." He was a son of Theodore Swarts (chemist, *1839 Antwerpen; †1911 Kortenberg, Belgium) and a colleague of Leo Baekeland.