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pierre joseph pelletier 19 july 1842 250px french chemistry 22 march 1788 alkaloids , quinine and strychnine pierre joseph pelletier.jpg pierre joseph pelletier
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pierre joseph pelletier

pierre-joseph pelletier -lrb- 22 march 1788 -- 19 july 1842 -rrb- was a french chemist who did notable research on vegetable alkaloids , and was the co-discoverer of quinine and strychnine .
he was colaborater and co-author with polish chemist filip walter .
