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André-Louis Debierne
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<p>André-Louis Debierne was a French <a href="/facts/Chemist/N09K7Bdm">chemist</a>. He is often considered the discoverer of the element <a href="/facts/Actinium/GMQtJ4Gm">actinium</a>, though H. W. Kirby disputed this in 1971 and gave credit instead to German chemist <a href="/facts/Friedrich_Oskar_Giesel/o2NHuTMw">Friedrich Oskar Giesel</a>. </p>