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Paul Sabatier (chemist)
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<p>Paul Sabatier (French: [sabatje]; 5 November 1854 – 14 August 1941) was a <a href="/facts/French_people/984axQ8y">French</a> <a href="/facts/Chemist/N09K7Bdm">chemist</a>, born in <a href="/facts/Carcassonne/n3u55MnN">Carcassonne</a>. In 1912, Sabatier was awarded the <a href="/facts/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry/8Nb8Ajjy">Nobel Prize in Chemistry</a> along with <a href="/facts/Victor_Grignard/3Wc9h0vW">Victor Grignard</a>. Sabatier was honoured for his work improving the <a href="/facts/Hydrogenation/l7EzNSA7">hydrogenation</a> of organic species in the presence of metals. </p>