Editing Mathieu Orfila (section)

{{Short description|Spanish toxicologist and chemist (1787–1853)}}
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| name              = Mathieu Orfila
| image             = Mathieu Joseph Bonaventure Orfila.jpg
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| birth_date        = 24 April 1787
| birth_place       = [[Mahón]], [[Menorca]],<br/>[[Kingdom of Spain]]
| death_date        = 12 March 1853 (aged 65)
| death_place       = [[Paris]], [[Île-de-France]],<br/>[[Second French Empire|French Empire]]
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| citizenship       = [[Spain|Spanish]]
| nationality       = [[Spain|Spanish]]
| field             = [[Toxicology]] and [[chemistry]]
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| alma_mater        = [[University of Valencia]]<br/>[[University of Barcelona]]
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| known_for         = Founded [[toxicology]]
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'''Mathieu Joseph Bonaventure Orfila''' ([[Catalan language|Catalan]]: ''Mateu Josep Bonaventura Orfila i Rotger'') (24 April 1787 &ndash; 12 March 1853) was a Spanish [[toxicologist]] and [[chemist]], regarded as father of modern [[toxicology]].