| Louis Le Chatelier | |
| Birth Date: | 1815 2, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Paris, France |
| Death Place: | Paris, France |
| Field: | Chemistry |
Louis Le Chatelier (20 February 1815 – 10 November 1873) was a French chemist and industrialist who developed a method for producing aluminium from bauxite in 1855. His son was chemist Henry Louis Le Chatelier. His name is inscribed on the Eiffel tower.[1] [2]
Le Chatelier and his wife Louise Madeleine Élisabeth Durand (1827–1902) had seven children.One was Alfred Le Chatelier (1855–1929), who joined the army.Alfred later became a ceramicist and then held the chair of Muslim sociology in the Collège de France for many years.