== Chevreul's work ==Chevreul's scientific work covered a wide range, but he is best known for the classical researches he carried out on animal fats, published in 1823 ("Recherches sur les corps gras d'origine animale").
Leta 1813 je bil imenovan za profesorja kemije na "Lycée Charlemagne", potem pa je prevzel mesto direktorja v tovarni tapiserij "Manufacture des Gobelins", kjer je raziskoval barvne kontraste.