biography
| name: |
Beilby, Sir George Thomas
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pronunciation:
[beelbee]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1850–1924)
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| biography:
| Industrial chemist, born in Edinburgh, EC Scotland, UK. He improved the method of shale oil distillation, and invented a manufacturing process for synthesizing alkaline cyanides. He was knighted in 1916. |
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