1922 Encyclopædia Britannica/Boisbaudran, Paul Emile François Lecoq de
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BOISBAUDRAN, PAUL EMILE FRANQOIS LECOQ DE (1838–1912), French chemist, was born at Cognac in 1838. He was the discoverer of gallium in 1875 and a student of spectroscopics generally, on which he wrote several treatises. Some details as to his work appear in 5.761; 6.46; 8.208; 11.421, 777. He died in Paris May 31 1912.