[Amand Valeur and Raymond Delaby: the work of two "Béhaliens" pharmacists in organic chemistry in the 20th century].
At the end of the 19th century, Auguste Béhal, student of Wurtz and Friedel, imposes the atomic theory, in the French higher education. Béhal then will teach and direct the work of many students called Béhaliens. Among the latter, one finds Amand Valeur and Raymond Delaby which are originating in the same birthplace as Béhal: Lens. These two chemist-pharmacists, as Béhal, will teach or carry out their research in the same place as them professor: the Ecole supérieure de pharmacie. Their work illustrates well the concerns of the researchers of the time. Moreover, they are polyvalent chemists: organic, inorganic, medicinal, etc.
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