Charles Gerhardt: sa Vie, son Oewvre, sa Correspondance: 1816–1856 Document d'Histoire de la Chimie

Abstract

A BIOGRAPHY which involves the history of the turning-point of a science is always interesting; and this one in particular, which tells the tale of the struggles of a young Alsatian, who came to Paris against the desire of his father to fight his way to recognition and fame, is almost dramatic in the way in which it enlists the sympathy of the reader. The story loses nothing by being told by the distinguished son of the subject of the memoir, and by the unfortunate Edouard Grimaux, whose recent death was—at least, in part—due to the jealousy of the Government of France when any attack on its action is made by men in its official pay. Indeed, it may be surmised that M. Grimaux found in the recital of Gerhardt's combats with those in power some consolation for his own recent dismission from office.

Charles Gerhardt: sa Vie, son Oeuvre, sa Correspondance: 1816–1856. Document d'Histoire de la Chimie.

Par M. Édouard Grimaux M. Charles Gerhardt. (Paris: Masson et Cie.)