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Eugène-Melchior Péligot

French chenist

b. 1811 CE – d. 1890 CE World The North Atlantic Lands

Isidore Auguste Marie François Xavier Comte (19 February 1798 – 5 September 1857), better Eugène-Melchior Péligot (1811, Paris - 1890, Paris), also known as Eugène Péligot, is a French chemist who isolates the first sample of uranium metal in 1841.

Moran, J. (2017). Eugène-Melchior Péligot. History Atlas. Retrieved 14 November 2026, from https://www.historyatlas.com/people/eugene-melchior-peligot/

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