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William Henry Perkin junior (* 17. Juni 1860 in Sudbury; † 17. September 1929 in Oxford) war ein britischer Chemiker ( Organische Chemie ). Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Leben. 2 Literatur. 3 Weblinks. 4 Einzelnachweise. Leben. Er war der Sohn von William Henry Perkin, in dessen Privatlabor er mit Chemie vertraut wurde, und Bruder von Arthur George Perkin.
William Henry Perkin Jr., FRS FRSE (17 June 1860 – 17 September 1929) was an English organic chemist who was primarily known for his groundbreaking research work on the degradation of naturally occurring organic compounds.
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Perkin als junger Chemiker ca. 1860. Sir William Henry Perkin (* 12. März 1838 in East End, London; † 14. Juli 1907 in Sudbury) war ein britischer Chemiker und Industrieller. Perkin erfand 1856 zufällig den ersten synthetischen Farbstoff, das Mauvein. Er gründete ein bedeutendes Farbstoff-Unternehmen, blieb jedoch zugleich Forscher.
Sir William Henry Perkin FRS (12 March 1838 – 14 July 1907) was a British chemist and entrepreneur best known for his serendipitous discovery of the first commercial synthetic organic dye, mauveine, made from aniline.
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Carte-de-visite portrait of English organic chemist William Henry Perkin Jr. (1860-1929), son of chemist Sir William Henry Perkin (1838-1907), who is best known for his creation of the first synthetic dye, mauveine, in 1856.
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THE death of William Henry Perkin, junior, on Sept. 17, is both a tragedy and a catastrophe in chemistry. The loss is irreparable: men of his type are not being made to-day; they cannot be...
The eldest, William Henry Perkin junior, was professor of organic chemistry at Victoria University, Manchester and became Waynflete Professor of Chemistry at Oxford in 1912. The second son, Arthur George Perkin, began his career working for Hardman and Holden, an alizarin factory in Manchester.
