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Olivier Kahn
Born(1942-09-13)13 September 1942
Died8 December 1999(1999-12-08) (aged 57)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
Alma materChimie ParisTech
OccupationChemist
RelativesJean-François Kahn, Axel Kahn (brothers)

Olivier Kahn (13 September 1942 – 8 December 1999) was a French chemist. He was the brother of the geneticist Axel Kahn and the journalist Jean-François Kahn.

Kahn studied at Chimie ParisTech in Paris and received his PhD for work on metal-organic compounds with Michaël Bigorgne in 1969. After a postdoctoral position at the University of East Anglia with Sydney Kettle he became professor at the University of Paris-Sud in 1976. He stayed there until he changed position and became professor at the University of Bordeaux in 1995. He held that position until his death in 1999.

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