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M. EUGÈNE PELIGOT, the eminent French chemist, died at Paris on April 15. He was born on March 24, 1811. In 1832 he was admitted to the laboratory of J. B. Dumas, and three years afterwards he became Professor of Chemistry at the École Centrale. In 1846 he succeeded Clément Desormes at the Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers; and here, until recently, he continued to deliver courses of lectures on general chemistry. He also lectured at the National Agricultural Institute on analytical chemistry applied to agriculture. For more than 40 years he was connected with the French Mint, and at the Hotel des Monnaies he lived and died. M. Peligot was elected a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences in 1852, and in 1885 he received the dignity of a Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour.