Marcet, Alexandre

His students and friends adored him. Although Friedrich Wohler spent only a few months in Stockholm, his contact with the great master influenced the whole course of his life. Their frequent exchange of intimate letters lasted many years, to be interrupted at last only by the death of Berzelius. Berzelius correspondence with Dr. Alexandre Marcet, Sir Humphry Davy, Dr. W. H. Wollaston, and others was also extensive. 

Hatchett was one of the educated men, with the sagacity for which this nation is famous who helped to entertain Berzelius in 1812 (29). Since Berzelius understood little of what the English chemists were saying, he had a dull time at Hatchett s dinner party. It was there nevertheless, that he first made the acquaintance of Dr. Alexandre Marcet. 

On April 22, 1813, Berzelius wrote from Stockholm to Dr. Alexandre Marcet of London ... 

The letters of Dr. Alexandre Marcet to Berzelius give us a pleasing picture of Dr. Wollaston s friendly nature. On May 24, 1814, Dr. Marcet wrote ... 

In Lyons, Arfwedson and Berzelius observed the manufacture of silk and velvet in the homes of the workers. In Geneva they visited Dr. and Mrs. Alexandre Marcet. While they were in Zurich, Professor M. A. Pictet of Geneva announced to them that they had both been elected to honorary membership in the Helvetian Scientific Society. 

Dr. Alexandre Marcet stated that Smithson Tennant discovered the presence of iodine in sea water just before his fatal accident in 1815 (128). In his famous research on the composition of sea water, J. G. Forchhammer stated that iodine was the first element in sea water dis-... 

Berzelius wish, and an expression of his generosity, often reported, towards colleagues and students. In March 1818 he wrote to his friend Alexandre Marcet, Swiss doctor and chemist, working in London, and told him about Arfwedson s element discovery in petalite. He also mentioned that the element had been found in the Uto minerals spodumene and lepidolite. 

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