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Alexandre Baudrimont

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Alexandre Edouard Baudrimont
Born(1806-05-07)7 May 1806
Died24 January 1880(1880-01-24) (aged 73)
NationalityFrench
Known forPreparation of sodium phosphide, description of Erromintxela
Scientific career
FieldsChemist, linguist, ethnographer

Alexandre Edouard Baudrimont (7 May 1806 – 24 January 1880) was a 19th-century French professor of chemistry who published various books connected to the sciences, languages and the Basque Country (in particular Erromintxela):

  • Dictionnaire de l'industrie manufacturière, commerciale et agricole (1837, Paris)
  • Recherches anatomiques et physiologiques sur le développement du fœtus: et en particulier sur l'évolution embryonnaire des oiseaux et des batraciens (with Martin Saint-Ange, G.J.) (1846)
  • Histoire des Basques ou Escualdunais primitifs, restaurée d'après la langue, les caractères ethnologiques et les mœurs des Basques actuels (1854, Paris)
  • Vocabulaire de la langue des Bohémiens habitant les Pays Basque Français (1862, Bordeaux)

In the field of science he is best known for first preparation of Na3P in the mid-19th century by reacting molten sodium with phosphorus pentachloride.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ Baudrimont. Ann. Chim. Phys. 1864, volume 2, 13.