Archibald Couper

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Archibald Couper was a 19th-century Scottish chemist known for independently developing an early structural theory of organic chemistry, including the concept of carbon’s tetravalency.

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instanceOf Scottish person
chemist
human
causeOfCareerInterruption nervous breakdown
countryOfCitizenship Scotland
United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1831-03-31
dateOfDeath 1892-03-11
educatedAt Collège de France NERFINISHED
Humboldt University of Berlin
surface form: University of Berlin

University of Glasgow
era 19th century
ethnicGroup Scottish
familyName Couper NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork chemistry
organic chemistry
givenName Archibald NERFINISHED
hasConcept carbon–carbon bonding
tetravalent carbon atom
hasOccupation academic
researcher in organic chemistry
influenced development of structural formulas in organic chemistry
knownFor independent development of structural theory similar to August Kekulé
languageOfWorkOrName English
French
nativeLanguage English
notableFor concept of carbon tetravalency
early structural theory of organic chemistry
use of carbon–carbon bonds in structural formulas
notableWork On a New Chemical Theory NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Dunbartonshire NERFINISHED
Kirkintilloch NERFINISHED
Scotland
placeOfDeath Kirkintilloch NERFINISHED
Scotland NERFINISHED
publicationYear 1858
religion Presbyterian
surface form: Presbyterianism
residence Kirkintilloch NERFINISHED
Paris
sexOrGender male
studiedUnder Charles Adolphe Wurtz NERFINISHED
workLocation Collège de France NERFINISHED
Paris

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