Albin Haller


Albin Haller was a French chemist.
Haller founded the École Nationale Supérieure des Industries Chimiques in Nancy and in 1917 won the Davy Medal of the Royal Society "On the ground of his important researches in the domain of organic chemistry". Appointed to the French Academy of Sciences in 1900, he served as its president beginning in 1923. He was also a member of the French Académie Nationale [de Médecine].
Haller was married to a cousin of Henri Poincaré. Haller and Poincaré were close friends.

Selected publications

  • A. Haller Produits chimiques et pharmaceutiques: materiel de la peinture parfumerie, savonnerie
  • A. Haller L'industrie chimique
  • A. Haller Les industries chimiques et pharmaceutiques