Monday, August 4, 2014

Michel Eugène Chevreul

Statue of Michel Eugène Chevreul by Léon Fagel, Jardin des Plantes, Paris

Statue of Michel Eugène Chevreul by Léon Fagel, 1889
Jardin des plantes
Quartier du Jardin-des-Plantes, 5th arrondissement
Paris, July 2012

3 comments:

  1. I had to Google this gentleman. And I think I would have liked him a lot. He did so much great work and lived to a ripe old age. I wonder if the statue represents him explaining to us non-chemists why we should be careful not to blow up the laboratory?

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  2. Blush, I had to click on the link. It's a rather good likeness.

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  3. So striking with all the beautiful green background.

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