About Jean-Baptiste Senderens
Lived 1856 – 1937 (aged 81). Jean-Baptiste Senderens was a French chemist.
Jean-Baptiste Senderens (27 January 1856 – 26 September 1937) was a French priest and chemist. He was one of the pioneers of catalytic chemistry, and a co-discoverer of catalytic hydrogenation, a process used commercially to make margarine.
Life
Jean-Baptiste Senderens was born on 27 January 1856 in Barbachen, Haute-Pyrénées.
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Who was Jean-Baptiste Senderens?
French chemist (1856-1937)
When was Jean-Baptiste Senderens born?
Jean-Baptiste Senderens was born on 27 January 1856 in Barbachen.
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Jean-Baptiste Senderens died on 26 September 1937 in Barbachen.
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Jean-Baptiste Senderens was a chemist.
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Jean-Baptiste Senderens was French.
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