Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville

Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville (11 March 1818 - 1 July 1881) is a French chemist.

He was born in the island of St Thomas, West Indies, where his father was French consul.

Together with his elder brother Charles he is educated in Paris at the College Rollin.

In 1844, having graduated as doctor of medicine and doctor of science, he is appointed to organize the new faculty of science at Besançon, where he acts as dean and professor of chemistry from 1845 to 1851.

Returning to Paris in the latter year, he succeeds A. J. Balard at the École Normale, and in 1859 becomes professor at the Sorbonne in place of J.

B.

A. Dumas, for whom he had begun to lecture in 1853.

He dies at Boulogne-sur-Seine.

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