French chemist who served the French government and, as a result, was guillotined during the Revolution.

• Considered the founder of modern chemistry because of his qualitiative experiments and his theories on the formulation of chemical compounds

British chemist and physicist.

• Discovered the chemical composition of water and nitric acid

British chemist.

• Among his many chemical researches, discovered the effects of nitrous oxide (laughing gas)

British chemist and physicist.

• Formulated the atomic theory

British chemist and theologian.

• Discovered oxygen

French chemist.

• Studied the combination of gasses and the composition of organic compounds

German chemist.

• Considered the founder of agricultural chemistry

French chemist.

• Studied the transmission of disease and developed modern vaccine therapy

German chemist.

• Invented the Bunsen burner; co-discovered the elements cesium and rubidium

American chemist.

• Developed TPFE, more commonly known as Teflon

American scientist who developed a test for tuberculosis.

• 1942 winner of the American Chemical Society''s Garvan Medal

American pharmacologist who, with George Hitchings, developed several important drugs for the treatment of disease.

• 1968 winner of the American Chemical Society''s Garvan Medal

Czech-born American physiologist who made important discoveries about carbohydrate metabolism.

• 1948 winner of the American Chemical Society''s Garvan Medal

Biochemist and educator.

• 1952 winner of the American Chemical Society''s Garvan Medal

American chemist.

• Known for her spectroscopic studies of organic molecules

American chemist.

• Founder of the field of home economics

American chemist.

• 1940 winner of the American Chemical Society''s Garvan Medal

American chemist.

• 1947 winner of the American Chemical Society''s Garvan Medal

American chemist.

• 1949 winner of the American Chemical Society''s Garvan Medal

American chemist.

• 1950 winner of the American Chemical Society''s Garvan Medal

American chemist.

• 1951 winner of the American Chemical Society''s Garvan Medal

American chemist.

• 1953 winner of the American Chemical Society''s Garvan Medal

American chemist.

• 1954 winner of the American Chemical Society''s Garvan Medal

American chemist.

• 1955 winner of the American Chemical Society''s Garvan Medal

American chemist.

• 1956 winner of the American Chemical Society''s Garvan Medal

American chemist.

• 1957 winner of the American Chemical Society''s Garvan Medal

American chemist.

• 1959 winner of the American Chemical Society''s Garvan Medal

American chemist.

• 1960 winner of the American Chemical Society''s Garvan Medal

American chemist.

• 1961 winner of the American Chemical Society''s Garvan Medal

American chemist.

• 1962 winner of the American Chemical Society''s Garvan Medal

American chemist.

• 1963 winner of the American Chemical Society''s Garvan Medal

American chemist.

• 1964 winner of the American Chemical Society''s Garvan Medal

American chemist.

• 1965 winner of the American Chemical Society''s Garvan Medal

American chemist.

• 1966 winner of the American Chemical Society''s Garvan Medal

American chemist.

• 1967 winner of the American Chemical Society''s Garvan Medal

American chemist.

• 1969 winner of the American Chemical Society''s Garvan Medal

American chemist.

• 1970 winner of the American Chemical Society''s Garvan Medal

American chemist.

• 1971 winner of the American Chemical Society''s Garvan Medal

American chemist.

• 1972 winner of the American Chemical Society''s Garvan Medal

American chemist.

• 1973 winner of the American Chemical Society''s Garvan Medal

American chemist.

• 1974 winner of the American Chemical Society''s Garvan Medal

American chemist.

• 1975 winner of the American Chemical Society''s Garvan Medal

American chemist.

• 1976 winner of the American Chemical Society''s Garvan Medal

American chemist.

• 1977 winner of the American Chemical Society''s Garvan Medal

American chemist.

• 1978 winner of the American Chemical Society''s Garvan Medal

American chemist.

• 1979 winner of the American Chemical Society''s Garvan Medal