Geneviève Thiroux d'Arconville

thumb|Portrait de Mme d'Arconville Marie Geneviève Charlotte Thiroux d'Arconville (née Darlus, also known as la présidente Thiroux d’Arconville and Geneviève Thiroux d'Arconville) (17 October 1720 – 23 December 1805), was a French novelist, translator and chemist who is known for her study on putrefaction. She discussed her study on putrefaction in her Essay on the History of Putrefaction in 1766. Quotes Do they show science or wit? If their works are bad, they are jeered at; if they are good, they are taken from them, and they are left only with ridicule for letting themselves be called authors. of Scientific Women Do they display science or pretty wit? If their works are bad, they get a bird; if they are good, one robbed them; they keep merely the ridiculousness of having presented themselves as the authoresses. (Briquet, 1804, p. 13). External links Category:1805 deaths Category:Women born before the 19th century Category:Novelists from France Category:Translators from France Category:1720 births Category:Chemists from France Category:Women scientists from France