François Poulletier de la Salle, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

François Poulletier de la Salle

Chemist and medical doctor

Date of Birth: 30-Sep-1719

Place of Birth: Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Date of Death: 20-Mar-1788

Profession: physician, pharmacist, chemist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Libra

François Poulletier de la Salle (September 30, 1719 in Lyon – March 20, 1788 in Paris) was a French doctor and chemist.
In about 1758, he isolated for the first time the crystals from cholesterol.
As his work was never published, attribution and the dating are known only roughly, but they were quoted by his collaborators, in particular Pierre-Joseph Macquer and Felix Vicq-d'Azyr.