Jean-Baptiste Dumas
(1800 - 84)

The name "chloroform" was coined in 1834 by French chemist Jean-Baptiste Dumas [Fr. chloroforme, from chlor- "chlorine" + formique "formic (acid)."]. Dumas also described its chemical composition ( CHCl₃ ). Chloroform was discovered in 1831 by American invenor Samuel Guthrie, and independently in 1832 by Frenchman Eugène Soubeiran and German chemist Justus von Liebig.

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