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- Henry Cavendish (1731-1810)
- Born in France.
- He discovered hydrogen.
- He determined that water is composed of two gases.
- Comte Louis Marie Hilaire Bernigaud Chardonnet (1839-1924)
- Born in France.
- He was the first to produce a synthetic fibre -- artificial silk.
- Michel Eugène Chevreul (1786-1889)
- Born in France.
- He researched fats, oils, and the process of saponification.
- He investigated several natural dyes.
- Sir William Crookes (1832-1919)
- Born in England.
- He discovered thallium.
- Marie Curie (1867-1934)
- Born in Poland.
- She discovered and isolated radium.
- She researched radioactivity of uranium.
- She was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1911.
