Quotes:Chevreul, Michel Eugène

Zirkoff, Boris

Chevreul, Michel Eugène. French chemist, b. at Angers, August 31, 1786, where his father was a physician; d. at Paris, April 9, 1889, being 103 years of age. At 17, went to Paris and entered the Vauquelin chemical laboratory; became assistant at the natural history museum in the famous Jardin des Plantes. Prof, of chemistry at the Lycée Charlemagne, 1813. Subsequently undertook the directorship of the Gobelins tapestry works. In 1826, became member of the Academy of Sciences and a foreign member of the Royal Society of London. Succeeded his master, Vauquelin, as professor of organic chemistry in the natural history museum, 1830, and became its director (186079). His chief researches were on the subject of animal fats which led to new methods in the manufacture of soap and candles.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 11, p. 570