Édouard Filhol
French scientist (1814–1883)
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Jean Pierre Bernard Édouard Filhol (7 October 1814–25 June 1883) was a French scientist.
Édouard Filhol | |
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| Born | 7 October 1814 |
| Died | 25 June 1883 (aged 68) |
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| Thesis | Etudes sur les changements de volume qu'éprouvent les corps pendant la combinaison (1844) |
In 1854, Édouard Filhol was appointed Professor of Chemistry at the University of Toulouse, a position he held until 1882. Later, in 1865, he became director of the Museum de Toulouse. It was the first museum in the world to open a gallery of prehistory thanks to the collaboration of Emile Cartailhac, Jean-Baptiste Noulet and Eugène Trutat. In the same year, he became director of the School of Medicine and Pharmacy at the University of Toulouse.
Jean-Baptiste Senderens studied under Édouard Filhol, professor of Chemistry at the Faculty of Sciences in Toulouse.[1] After ten years of collaboration with Filhol, he began a collaboration of equal length with Paul Sabatier, Filhol's successor.[2]
From 1867 to 1870, Édouard Filhol was Mayor of Toulouse.
He was the father of the naturalist Henri Filhol (1843–1902)
