biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1889–1971)
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| biography:
| Chemist, born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He studied in Germany, then joined the University of Illinois in 1916. He was influential in changing the emphasis of chemistry education in the USA from pure research towards a meshing of academic and industrial needs, and his university became particularly noted for providing chemists for industry. He is also regarded as one of the founders of the modern field of organic chemistry. |
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