William Henry

William Henry

male, deceased (1836)
Mechanics Institute, ammonia, apothecary, hydrochloricacid, From Manchester, English
William Henry (December 12, 1775-September 2, 1836) was an English chemist. William Henry, the son of Thomas Henry (1734-1816), an apothecary and...
Johann Rudolf Glauber

Johann Rudolf Glauber

male, deceased (1670)
Chemical Garden, hydrochloricacid, Chemist, Alchemist, nitric acid, sulphuric acid
Johann Rudolf Glauber (March 10? 1604- March 16 1670), a German-Dutch alchemist and chemist. Born in Karlstadt am Main, he received no formal...

Basil Valentine

male, 615 years old
German, Basilius Valentinus, Erfurt, Germany, brine, 15th-century, ammonia…hydrochloricacid
Basilius Valentinus, also known under the Anglicized version of his name, Basil Valentine, was a 15th-century alchemist. He was the Canon of the...
William Prout

William Prout

male, deceased (1850)
Horton, Gloucestershire, English, British, physician, protein, atom…hydrochloricacid
William Prout (Horton, Gloucestershire, January 15, 1785 - London, April 9, 1850) was an English chemist, physician and natural theologian. His...
Geber

Geber

male, deceased (815)
experimental method, engineer, Early Islamic philosophy, Islamic astrology, Muslim inventions, Muslim…hydrochloricacid, nitric acid, acid, hydrochloric
Abu Musa Jabir ibn Hayyan (c. 721-c. 815), known also by his Latinised name Geber, was a prominent Shia Muslim polymath, chemist, alchemist,...
James Muspratt

James Muspratt

male, deceased (1886)
Potassium ferrocyanide, Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Dispensing chemist, entrepreneur, Druggist, chemical substance…hydrochloricacid, hydrochloric, acetic acid
James Muspratt (August 12, 1793 - May 4, 1886) was a British chemical manufacturer who was the first to make alkali by the Leblanc process on a...
Roy J. Plunkett

Roy J. Plunkett

male, deceased (1994)
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, tetrafluoroethylene, polytetrafluoroethylene, Cal State Fullerton College, Newton High School, corrosion…hydrochloricacid
Roy J. Plunkett (June 26, 1910 - May 12, 1994) was the chemist who accidentally invented Teflon in 1938. Plunkett was born in Orange County,...
James Marsh

James Marsh

male, deceased (1846)
inventor, Chemist, British, scientist, sulfuric acid, zinc…hydrochloricacid
James Marsh (September 2, 1794- June 21, 1846) was a chemist who invented the Marsh test for detecting arsenic. While he was most famous for...
Martha Rendell

Martha Rendell

female, deceased (1909)
buried at Fremantle Cemetery, de facto, murderer, murderer of children, criminal, Buried in Fremantle Cemetery…hydrochloricacid
Martha Rendell was the last woman to be hanged in Western Australia. She was convicted of murdering her "de facto" husband's son, Arthur Morris, in...

George E. Davis

male, deceased (1907)
hydrochloricacid, apprentice, Chemical engineering, UMIST, Know-How, Royal School of Mines
George E. Davis (1850-1907) is regarded as the founding father of the discipline of Chemical Engineering. Davis identified broad features in common...