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. 1 2 Méquignon (1834).
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 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. London: Morgan Brothers. 190 (4616): 105.


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