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George Washington Carver
George Washington Carver
Inventor, Botanist, Chemist / 1864 - 1943
George Washington Carver was a prominent African-American scientist and inventor. Carver is best known for the many uses he devised for the peanut.
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Alfred Nobel
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Alfred Nobel
Business Leader, Engineer, Inventor, Chemist / 1833 - 1896
Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel invented dynamite and other explosives. He used his enormous fortune from 355 patents to institute the Nobel Prizes.
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Louis Pasteur
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Louis Pasteur
Inventor, Doctor, Chemist / 1822 - 1895
Scientist Louis Pasteur came up with the food preparing process known as pasteurization; he also developed a vaccination for anthrax and rabies.
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John Dalton
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John Dalton
Educator, Scholar, Chemist, Meteorologist, Journalist / 1766 - 1844
Chemist John Dalton is credited with pioneering modern atomic theory. He was also the first to study color blindness.
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Percy Julian
Percy Julian
Academic, Civil Rights Activist, Medical Professional, Chemist / 1899 - 1975
African-American chemist Percy Julian was a pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs such as cortisone, steroids and birth control pills.
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Rosalind Franklin
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Rosalind Franklin
Chemist / 1920 - 1958
British chemist Rosalind Franklin is best known for her role in the discovery of the structure of DNA ,and for her pioneering use of X-ray diffraction.
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