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French chemist
Charles Lauth (1836–1913) was a French chemist. He synthesised methyl violet.
Nielsen, Anita Kildebæk; Štrbáňová, Soňa (2008). Creating Networks in Chemistry: The Founding and Early History of Chemical Societies in Europe. Royal Society of Chemistry. p. 105. ISBN9780854042791.