About Alfred Berthoud
Lived 1874 – 1939 (aged 64). Alfred Berthoud was a Swiss chemist and university teacher.
Alfred Berthoud (1874–1939) was a Swiss chemist, professor of chemistry at the University of Neuchâtel.
In 1908 Berthoud became professor of physical chemistry at the University of Neuchâtel, though he continued teaching in secondary schools until he was appointed Professor of Inorganic Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry at the University in 1925. In 1938 he was made President of the Swiss Chemical Society.
Works Les Nouvelles conceptions de la matière et de l'atome, 1923. Translated by Eden and Cedar Paul as The new theories of matter and the atom, 1924. Photochimie, 1928 Précis de chimie physique, 1939
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Who was Alfred Berthoud?
Swiss chemist (1874-1939)
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Alfred Berthoud was born on 22 July 1874.
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Alfred Berthoud died on 2 June 1939.
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Alfred Berthoud was a chemist and university teacher.
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