Théophile-Jules Pelouze

Théophile -Jules Pelouze ( born February 26, 1807 in Valognes, † May 31, 1867 in Paris) was a French chemist.

His father was the chemical Industrial Edmond Pelouze.

Pelouze worked with Joseph Louis Gay -Lussac, where he was an assistant, and his successor at the École Polytechnique, he was from 1839 to 1845. Furthermore, led Pelouze projects by Justus von Liebig. He taught at the Collège de France, the " Muséum d' histoire naturelle " and from 1830 at the University of Lille, where he examined the sugar beet.

Pelouze also developed an explosive. In 1837 he was elected to the Academy of Sciences. With great precision he determined the atomic weight of several elements.

He is immortalized on the Eiffel Tower, see: The 72 names on the Eiffel Tower.