Auguste-Arthur Plisson

Auguste-Arthur Plisson (died August 1832^[1]) was a French chemist. Born in Orléans,^[1] Plisson was orphaned at an early age, but overcame the difficulties that caused him with the determination he brought to being a student of chemistry in Paris. Taught by Nöel-Étienne Henry, chief of the Central Pharmacy of Paris Hospitals (Pharmacie centrale des hôpitaux de Paris, today the Agence générale des équipements et produits de santé),^[2] he won several awards from the School of Pharmacy of Paris, including a gold medal for chemistry in 1823,^[3] and was eventually recruited by Henry to work for the Central Pharmacy.^[2] After several years, during which he published a number of papers on chemical discoveries, he was appointed deputy chief. He was also a member of the Société de Pharmacie (today the Académie nationale de pharmacie).^[2]

By the late 1820s, Plisson had become chief pharmacist at Paris's Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital.^[2] In 1827, with Étienne Ossian Henry, the son of his former tutor, he discovered aspartic acid.^[4][5]

Plisson died suddenly in 1832 as the result of an attack of cholera.^[2]

References

1. Méquignon (1834).
2. Blondeau (1832).
3. Dillemann (1985).
4. Berzelius (1839).
5. Plimmer (1912).

Citations

• Méquignon, Paul, ed. (1834). "Plisson, Auguste-Arthur". Annuaire biographique, ou supplément annuel et continuation de toutes les biographies ou dictionnaires historiques: contenant la vie de tous les hommes célèbres par leurs écrits [Biographical Directory, or annual supplement and continuation of all biographies or historical dictionaries: containing the lives of famous men by their writings] (in French). Vol. 2, Années 1830-1834. Paris: Editions Lagny. p. 286. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
• Berzelius, Jöns Jakob; Öngren, Olof Gustaf (1839). Traité de chimie [Treaty on chemistry] (in French). Vol. 3. Brussels: A. Wahlen et Cie. p. 81. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
• Blondeau, A. (1832). "Notice nécrologique sur M. Plisson, ex-sous-chef de la Pharmacie centrale des hôpitaux, pharmacien en chef de la Pitié, membre de la Société de Pharmacie, etc." [Obituary notice for Mr. Plisson, former Deputy Chief of the Central Pharmacy Hospital, chief pharmacist of Mercy, a member of the Society of Pharmacy, etc.]. In Guibourt, Nicolas-Jean-Baptiste-Gaston (ed.). Concours sur l'acétification de l'alcool: question proposée par la société de pharmacie de Paris: séance publique de l'école et de la société de pharmacie réunies, concours de 1832 (in French). Paris: De Fain. p. 32. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
• Dillemann, Georges (1985). "Les médailles récompenses des étudiants en pharmacie lauréats aux concours des prix. 2e partie: Les prix de l'École de Pharmacie de Paris (1804-1841)" [Medals Awarded to Pharmacy Students in Competitive Examination. Part 2: Prizes from the School of Pharmacy (1804-1841).]. Revue d'histoire de la pharmacie (in French). 73 (265): 178. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
• Plimmer, R.H.A. (1912) [1908]. Plimmer, R.H.A.; Hopkins, F.G. (eds.). The chemical composition of the proteins. Monographs on biochemistry. Vol. Part I. Analysis (2 ed.). London: Longmans, Green and Co. p. 112. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
• Schofield, M. (3 August 1968). "On the Sidelines: A Century-and-a-Half of Alkaloids". The Chemist and Druggist. 190 (4616). London: Morgan Brothers: 105.

External links

• Plisson, Auguste-Arthur; Henry, Étienne Ossian (December 1830). Robiquet, Pierre Jean (ed.). "Recherches sur les substances organiques azotées" [Research on nitrogenous organic substances]. Journal de Pharmacie et des Sciences Accessoires (in French). 16. Paris: Louis Colas: 729. Retrieved 25 August 2015.