William Henry Perkin
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English organic chemist (1860-1929)
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William Henry Perkin appears in Vinony's Fellows of the Royal Society collection — one of 9,360 entries. It also appears in American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
Vinony's link graph records 37 inbound references to William Henry Perkin, and connects out to Victoria University of Manchester, Scotland and organic chemistry.
It is catalogued under topics including 1860 births, 1929 deaths and 19th-century English chemists.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Sudbury
- Place of death
- Oxford
- Father
- William Henry Perkin
- Sibling
- Arthur George Perkin
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- University of Würzburg
- Employer
- University of Oxford
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Longstaff Prize
- Doctoral advisor
- Adolf von Baeyer
- Doctoral student
- Norman Haworth
- Field of work
- organic chemistry
- Image
- William Henry Perkins Jr.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1860-06-17
- date of death
- 1929-09-17
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- P8168
- The Astro-Zombies
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1860 births1929 deaths19th-century English chemists20th-century English chemistsBritish fellows of the Royal SocietyBritish organic chemistsBurials at Wolvercote CemeteryChemists of the University of ManchesterChemists of the University of OxfordMembers of the Royal Society of Sciences in UppsalaPeople from WembleyRoyal Medal winnersScientists from LondonWaynflete Professors of Chemistry