Noble Prize Winner Henri Moissan 1852-1907/Ferdinand Frederic Henri Moissan
1)HENRI MOISSAN
1906 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
in recognition of the great services rendered by him in his investigation and isolation of the element fluorine, and for the adoption in the service of science of the electric furnace called after him.
Background
1852-1907
Residence: France
Affiliation: Sorbonne University, Paris
2)Moissanite is a mineral that was first discovered in fragments of the meteorite at Diablo Canyon or Meteor Crater in 1. Arizona. It was named in honor of its discover Nobel Prize winner, Dr. Ferdinand Henri Moissan. Synthetic moissanite is also known as silicon carbide after its chemistry and by the trade name, carborundum. In the meteoritic material, moissanite is associated with tiny diamonds. Ironically moissanite is the trade name being used for new synthetic SiC gemstones
3)At Familysearch.com, I found:
Husband
Ferdinand Frederic Henri Moissan
Birth:28 SEP 1852Paris, Seine, France
Christening:
Marriage:About 1875Paris, Seine, France
Death:20 FEB 1907
Burial:
Wife
Leonie Lugan
Birth:< 1854>
Christening:
Marriage:About 1875Paris, Seine, France
Death:
Burial:
Does anyone have information for his parents?
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Re: Noble Prize Winner Henri Moissan 1852-1907
Charlene Reinhart 11/19/04