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Davy Medal
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1813-08-21 – 1891-12-13

Jean Servais Stas (21 August 1813 – 13 December 1891) was a Belgian analytical chemist who accurately measured the atomic weight of carbon.
chemist, toxicologist, physician, university teacher
State University of Leuven
Davy Medal; Foreign Member of the Royal Society; honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Davy Medal · Foreign Member of the Royal Society · honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Academy of Sciences of Turin · Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities · French Academy of Sciences · Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony · National Academy of Sciences · Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium · Royal Society of London · Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
State University of Leuven
Davy Medal
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Foreign Member of the Royal Society
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honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
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Guillaume Stas
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