Baume, Antoine

1728 - Antoine Baumé was born 26th of February in Senlis.

He was apprenticed to the chemist Claude Joseph Geoffroy

1752 - Admitted a member of the École de Pharmacie, where he was appointed professor of chemistry.

1780 - Retired in order to devote himself to applied chemistry.

         - Ruined in the Revolution, he was obliged to return to a commercial career.

He is best known as the inventor of the Baumé scale hydrometer.

1772 - He became a member of the Academy of Sciences.

1796 - Associate of the Academy of Sciences.

1804 - Baumé died in Paris on the 15th of October.