Archibald Scott Couper

Chemist, Academic

1831 – 1892

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Who was Archibald Scott Couper?

Archibald Scott Couper was a Scottish chemist who proposed an early theory of chemical structure and bonding. He developed the concepts of tetravalent carbon atoms linking together to form large molecules, and that the bonding order of the atoms in a molecule can be determined from chemical evidence.

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Born
Mar 31, 1831
Kirkintilloch
Nationality
  • Scotland
Profession
Education
  • University of Edinburgh
  • University of Glasgow
  • University of Paris
Died
Mar 11, 1892
Kirkintilloch

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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