Pierre Joseph Pelletier

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Pierre-Joseph Pelletier (UK: PEL-ə-tee-ay, US: PEL-ə-TYAY, French: [pjɛʁ ʒozɛf pɛltje]; 22 March 1788 – 19 July 1842) was a French chemist and pharmacist who did notable research on vegetable alkaloids, and was the co-discoverer with Joseph Bienaimé Caventou of quinine, caffeine, and strychnine.

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