Friedel family explained

Five French scientists with the same Friedel family name are in direct lineage, Charles, Georges, Edmond and Jacques:

• Charles Friedel (1832–1899), French chemist known for the Friedel-Crafts reaction
• Georges Friedel (1865–1933), French crystallographer and mineralogist; son of Charles
• Edmond Friedel (1895–1972), French polytechnician and mining engineer, founder of BRGM, the French geological survey; son of Georges
• Jacques Friedel, (1921–2014), French physicist; son of Edmond.
• Jean Friedel, (1874-1941), French botanist; son of Charles and his second spouse Louise Jeanne Salomé Combes 1838-1908.

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