CHEVREUL, she-vriW, MICHEL EUGENE 1786..ISS9 ) A French chemist, burn at Angers. in the Department of Maine-et-Loire. Ile studied chemistry in Paris. became assistant to Vanque lin. in 1513 was appointed professor of the phys ical sciences at the Lye6e Charlemagne. In IS20 he was made examiner in the Eeole Polyteehnique, and in 1S24 director of the dyeing department in the Gobelin manufactory. In 1830 he became pro fessor of applied chemistry in the Museum of Natural History, and in 1S79 retired from active service. In recognition of his important ser viees to science, many honors were conferred upon him: lie was made a member of the Insti tute, a Fellow of the Royal Society of London, a Commander of the Legion of Honor. etc. In ISSE the centenary of his birth was celebrated with great enthusiasm; and in the same year Harvard University, on the 250th aimiversary of its foun dation, conferred upon him the degree of LL.D. A monument to his memory was erected at An gers in 1893. Another statue of Chevrenl may be seen in the Museum of Natural History in Paris.
Among his researches may be mentioned his suc cessful investigation of the chemical nature of fats, which has led to the achievement of indus trial results of the greatest importance. He was the first to demonstrate that the various fats are mixtures of glycerides, or compounds of glycerin with oleic, stearic, and palmitic acids. (See FATS.) He wrote: Recherches chimiques su• lcs corps gran d'originc animale (IS33) : Con sid(rations fu'nf'rales sue l'analyse organique ct sat- scs applications ( S24 ) : Lecons de ehimic appligt'c a to tcinture (2 vols., 1831): lie la loi (1,4 contraste simultam: des coaleurs • I do ras sortiment des °GPIs colorWs (1839) ; Tht'oric des ffrts opaques toe pn'sentunt lea Ooffes dr sole (1846) ; coulrurS et lcur application aux arts industrirls 11861 I : franc histoirc de la malif rr (1S7A): etc. See Malloizel. Wurres Neientiliques de rherreul Sti7 ) : also, I hifinann, "Nekrolog auf Chevreul." in the Be Heide de r dentschen chcmischen (,esf llschaft, for ISS7.