Yves Chauvin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Yves Chauvin

French chemist and Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry

Date of Birth: 10-Oct-1930

Place of Birth: Menen, Flemish Region, Belgium

Date of Death: 28-Jan-2015

Profession: chemist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Yves Chauvin (French: [??v?~]; 10 October 1930 – 27 January 2015) was a French chemist and Nobel Prize laureate.
He was honorary research director at the Institut français du pétrole and a member of the French Academy of Science.
He was known for his work for deciphering the process of metathesis for which he was awarded the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Robert H.
Grubbs and Richard R.
Schrock.