Jean Baptiste André Dumas was a French chemist, best known for his works on organic analysis and synthesis, as well as the determination of atomic weights and molecular weights by measuring vapor densities. He also developed a method for the analysis of nitrogen in compounds.
- Occupation
- chemist, politician, university teacher, pharmacist
- Position held
- Deputy of the French Second Republic, Second Empire senator, seat 40 of the Académie française, president of the French Academy of Sciences
- Citizenship
- France
- Born
- July 14, 1800, July 15, 1800, July 16, 1800
