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French chemist
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Birth:
7 February 1725(Châlons-en-Champagne, France)
Death:
15 February 1798(Paris, France)
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Biography
Pierre Bayen (1725-1798) was a French chemist. He analyzed water drunk by the Kingdom of France, and he wrongly suggested that using pewter glasses rendered the water toxic. He became a member of the French Academy of Sciences in 1785 and the Institut de France in 1795. He burned all his papers during the Reign of Terror of 1793-1794. The Lycée Pierre Bayen in Chalons was named in his memory.