Scientific Biographies
Science is a human pursuit. Meet the people behind some of the most significant achievements and discoveries in the history of chemistry, chemical engineering, and the life sciences.
William Henry Perkin
In 1856 Perkin accidentally discovered mauvine—the first commercialized synthetic dye—and introduced a new era in the chemical industry.
Edward Goodrich Acheson
1856 - 1931
Svante August Arrhenius
1859 - 1927
Amedeo Avogadro
1776 - 1856
Leo Hendrik Baekeland
1863 - 1944
Frederick Grant Banting
1891 - 1941
Jacqueline K. Barton
b. 1952
Arnold O. Beckman
1900 - 2004
Ruth Benerito
1916 - 2013
Reinhold Benesch
1919 - 1986
Ruth Benesch
1925 - 2000
Paul Berg
1926 - 2023
Joan Berkowitz
1931 - 2020
Solomon A. Berson
1918 - 1972
Jöns Jakob Berzelius
1779 - 1848
Charles Herbert Best
1899 - 1978
Katharine Burr Blodgett
1898 - 1979
Herbert W. Boyer
b. 1936
Robert Boyle
1627 - 1691
St. Elmo Brady
1884 - 1966
Rachel Fuller Brown
1898 - 1980
Robert Bunsen
1811 - 1899
Gordon A. Cain
1912 - 2002
Stanislao Cannizzaro
1826 - 1910
Wallace Hume Carothers
1896 - 1937
Rachel Carson
1907 - 1964
George Washington Carver
ca. 1864 - 1943
Ernst Boris Chain
1906 - 1979
Edward Chandler
1887 - 1973
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