Philippe Barbier
Philippe Antoine Francoise Barbier ( born March 2, 1848 in Luzy ( Nièvre), † September 18, 1922 in Bandol -sur -Mer ) was a French organic chemist. He is considered the father of organometallic chemistry and 1899, the first organomagnesium compound synthesized. His name, however, is best known for his namesake Barbier reaction. Barbier was a doctor father of Victor Grignard.