Paul Marie Eugène Vieille

Paul Marie Eugène Vieille
Born(1854-09-02)2 September 1854
Died14 January 1934(1934-01-14) (aged 79)
NationalityFrench
Known forsmokeless gunpowder
AwardsLeconte Prize (1889)
Scientific career
Fieldschemistry

Paul Marie Eugène Vieille (2 September 1854 – 14 January 1934) was a French chemist who invented modern nitrocellulose-based smokeless gunpowder in 1884. He was a graduate of École Polytechnique.

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