Louis Melsens, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Louis Melsens

chemist, physicist

Date of Birth: 11-Jul-1814

Place of Birth: Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium

Date of Death: 20-Apr-1886

Profession: physicist, chemist

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Louis-Henri-Frédéric Melsens (1814 in Leuven – 1886 in Brussels) was a Belgian physicist and chemist.
In 1846, he became professor of chemistry at the Royal Veterinary School of Cureghem in Anderlecht, Brussels.
Melsens applied the principle of the Faraday cage to lightning conductors and invented iodine tincture for disinfection.
The Louis Melsens Prize is awarded to a Belgian or naturalised Belgian author of the most remarkable work on applied chemistry or physics.
The Melsensstraat or Rue Melsens in Brussels and the Louis Melsensstraat in Leuven are named after him.