Frederick Gardner Cottrell (1877-1948) was an American physical chemist and inventor. A native of Oakland, California, his immense curiosity gained him notice as a prodigious reader. But his achievements were also an ambitious response to economic necessity. He finished high school, entered the University of California, Berkeley at age 16 and graduated in 3 years. Wikipedia
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Frederick Gardner Cottrell. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Gardner_Cottrell
