The scientist William Merriam Burton

William Merriam Burton

Living place: Cleveland

Birthday: 17-11-1865

Global rank: #72165

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Who is The scientist William Merriam Burton?
Chemist whose thermal cracking process, which he invented in 1913, greatly expanded the amount of gasoline that could be obtained from crude petroleum. He was president of Standard Oil from 1918 to 1927.
His method was used for more than 15 years, resulting in the equivalent of a million barrels of crude oil added to gasoline.
 
 

Young / Before famous

After earning his doctorate from Johns Hopkins University, he worked for the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, where he eventually became president.

Family life info

He was born in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Otto Wichterle, born about 50 years later, became a famous chemist - he developed the first soft contact lenses

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When was The scientist William Merriam Burton born?
William Merriam Burton was born in 17-11-1865, death year is , at the age of 159.
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William Merriam Burton was born in Cleveland, Ohio- United States. is a The scientist, whose Zodiac is Scorpius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Ox. William Merriam Burton's global rank is 72165 and whose rank is 469 in list of famous The scientist.
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Events in 1865 and 17-11

Birthday William Merriam Burton (17-11) in history

  • Day 17-11 year 1558: Queen Elizabeth I of England took the throne after the death of her half-sister Queen Mary.
  • Day 17-11 year 1800: Congress met in Washington, DC, for the first time.
  • Day 17-11 year 1869: The Suez Canal opened in Egypt.
  • Day 17-11 year 1917: Sculptor Auguste Rodin died in Meudon, France.
  • Day 17-11 year 1968: Night of the "Heidi bowl:" NBC switched from football to movie of Heidi. In the missing 42 seconds, the lagging Raiders scored two touchdowns, defeating the Jets.
  • Day 17-11 year 1973: President Nixon said "I am not a crook."
  • Day 17-11 year 1989: The beginning of the "Velvet Revolution," which led to the downfall of communism in Czechoslovakia.
  • Day 17-11 year 2003: Arnold Schwarzenegger was sworn in as governor of California.
  • Day 17-11 year 2019: The world's first case of covid-19 was detected in Wuhan, Hubei, China.
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