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There never was a Man of more amiable benevolent
character than Morichini & His principal discovery
shews an acuteness & originality not usual now in his
countrymen.
To go back to France. Gay Lussac was quick
lively [xxx] ingenious & profound with great
activity of mind & great facility of manipulation
I would place him at the head of the living
chemists of France. It is true He has worked
with Then|a|rd & they have formed for themselves
as it were one reputation. but Gay Lussac however
is the superior Man. but I I have heard Thenard
much admired as an eloquent lecturer
Madame Gay Lussac in 1820 was a lively pleasing
woman, a little passed the age of coquettry
if a French woman can be ever said to be passed
that age. Madame Thenard was a charming little
brune with a most graceful figure & a countenance
full of character. She was amiable & I believe
extremely “sage”.

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Domenico LinoMorichini

Italian physican and chemist. Professor of Chemistry at the Univerity of Rome from 1798 to his death. Gave Davy medical advice in his final years. ForMemRSL.

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Joseph LouisGay-Lussac

French chemist and physicist, known mostly for his discovery that water is made of two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen by volume (with Alexander von Humboldt), for two laws related to gases, and for his work on alcohol-water mixtures. Became involved in controversies with Davy over various chemical discoveries. ForMemRSL.

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Louis JacquesThénard

Held chairs of chemistry at the Collège de France and the Ecole Polytechnique. Worked closely with Gay-Lussac and met Davy in Paris in 1813. ForMemRSL.

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Geneviève-Marie-JosephGay Lussac

Gay Lussac married Gay-Lussac married Geneviève-Marie-Joseph Rojot in 1809; they had first met when she was a linen draper's assistant reading a chemistry book under the counter. They had five children.

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JeanneVictoire Humblot

married Louis Jacques Thénard in 1814 and they had two sons.