Edward Goodrich Acheson

Edward Goodrich Acheson

male, deceased (1931) (Washington, United States)
PerkinMedal, port huron, menlo park, graphite, American, carborundum
Edward Goodrich Acheson (March 9, 1856 - July 6, 1931) was an American chemist. Born in Washington, Pennsylvania, he was the inventor of...
William Perkin

William Perkin

male, deceased (1907)
Fellow of the Royal Society, PerkinMedal, FRS, English, Alumni of Imperial College London, Chemist…Sir William Henry Perkin
Sir William Henry Perkin FRS (March 12, 1838 - July 14, 1907) was an English chemist best known for his discovery, at the age of 18, of the first...
Leo Baekeland

Leo Baekeland

male, deceased (1944)
from Florida, PerkinMedal, from Dutchess County, New York, Ghent University alumni, naturalized citizen of the United States, Belgian-American
Leo Hendrik Baekeland (Ghent, November 14, 1863 - February 23, 1944) was a Belgian-American chemist who invented Velox photographic paper (1893)...
Charles Martin Hall

Charles Martin Hall

male, deceased (1914)
PerkinMedal, Chemist, American, National Inventors Hall of Fame, Oberlin College alumni, aluminum
Charles Martin Hall was an American inventor and engineer. He is best known for his invention in 1886 of an inexpensive method for producing...

Robert Banks

male, deceased (1989)
Marlex, Robert L. Banks, high-density polyethylene, PerkinMedal, American, plastic…Perkin Medal Award
Robert L. Banks was an American chemist. He was born and grew up in Piedmont, Missouri. He attended Southeast Missouri State University, and...
John Wesley Hyatt

John Wesley Hyatt

male, deceased (1920)
sewing machine, PerkinMedal, roller bearing, National Inventors Hall of Fame, American, Cue sports non-player personality
John Wesley Hyatt (November 28, 1837 - 10 May, 1920) was a U.S. inventor. He is mainly known for simplifying the production of celluloid. Hyatt was...
J. Paul Hogan

J. Paul Hogan

male, 90 years old
HDPE, Marlex, PerkinMedal, John Paul Hogan, Malex, Perkin Medal Award
John Paul Hogan (born August 7, 1919) is an American research chemist. Along with Robert Banks he discovered methods of producing polypropylene and...
Edward Weston

Edward Weston

male, deceased (1936)
electrochemical cell, National Inventors Hall of Fame, PerkinMedal, From Wolverhampton, voltage, electroplating
Edward Weston (May 9, 1850 - August 20, 1936) was an English chemist noted for his achievements in electroplating and his development of the...
Herman Frasch

Herman Frasch

male, deceased (1914)
PerkinMedal, Frasch Process, Chemist, American, Mining engineer, technologist
Herman Frasch, Hermann Frasch was a mining engineer and inventor. In October 20, 1890, he took out three patents for the Frasch Process and...

Milton Harris

male, deceased (1991)
Yale University, Oregon State University, World War II, Chemist, scientist, insulin…PerkinMedal
Milton Harris (March 21, 1906-September 12, 1991) was a scientist who founded the Harris Research Laboratories and, for six years, chaired the...