Pierre Antoine Favre

Pierre Antoine Favre
Portrait of Pierre Antoine Favre.
Born20 February 1813
Died17 February 1880(1880-02-17) (aged 66)
Occupation(s)Physician, chemist

Pierre Antoine Favre (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ ɑ̃twan favʁ]; 20 February 1813 – 17 February 1880) was a French physician and chemist who specialized in conducting experiments in thermochemistry. In his work from 1852 along with Johann T. Silberman on heat produced by chemical reactions, he popularized the use of the unit "calorie".