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Portrait of Adolf von Baeyer (1835-1917)
- Circa 1884
Portrait of Adolf von Baeyer (1835-1917), recipient of the 1905 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Baeyer was born on October 31, 1835, in Berlin, Germany. As a student at the University of…
- Photographer Muller, Friedrich
- Subject Chemists, Chemistry, Organic, Portraits, Indigo, Baeyer, Adolf von, 1835-1917, Nobel Prize winners
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Portrait of Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (1921-2011)
- Circa 1977
Portrait of Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (1921-2011), an American medical physicist and co-recipient of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the development of the radioimmunoassay (RIA) technique.
Rosalind…
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Portrait of William M. Rand (1886-1981)
- Circa 1943
Portrait of William M. Rand (1886-1981), President of the Monsanto Chemical Company from 1945 to 1951.
William M. Rand was born on April 7th, 1886 in Watertown, Massachusetts and attended Chauncy Hall and Philip Exeter…
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Portrait of William M. Rand (1886-1981)
- Circa 1945
Portrait of William M. Rand (1886-1981), President of the Monsanto Chemical Company from 1945 to 1951.
William M. Rand was born on April 7th, 1886 in Watertown, Massachusetts and attended Chauncy Hall and Philip Exeter…
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Portrait of James A. Rafferty (1886-1951)
- 1940s – circa
Portrait of James A. Rafferty (1886-1951). Rafferty was born in Chicago, Illinois on May 4th, 1886 and studied engineering and chemistry at the Lewis Institute of Technology. Following his graduation from Lewis in 1908,…
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Portrait of Thomas Midgley, Jr. (1889-1944)
- 1930s – circa
Portrait of Thomas Midgley, Jr. (1889-1944), an American engineer and chemist who discovered the effectiveness of tetraethyl lead as an antiknock additive for gasoline.
Thomas Midgley, Jr. was born on May 18, 1889 in…
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Portrait of Samuel Cox Hooker (1865-1935)
- 1920s – circa
Portrait of Samuel Cox Hooker (1865-1935). Hooker was born on April 19, 1865, in Benchley, Kent, England and studied at the Government Science School in South Kensington, London. Hooker earned his PhD from the…
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Portrait of George O. Curme, Jr. (1888-1976)
- 1930s – circa
Portrait of George O. Curme, Jr. (1888-1976), popularly known as the father of ethylene and for his pioneering work on applications for by-products of petroleum processing.
Born in Mount Vernon, Iowa on December 24,…
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Portrait of Charles Frederick Chandler (1836-1925)
- Circa 1900
Portrait of Charles Frederick Chandler (1836-1925), an industrial chemist whose research concerning sugar refining, gas manufacturing, and chemical education greatly impacted public sanitation and health.
Charles…
- Manufacturer Alman & Co.
- Subject Public health, Chandler, Charles Frederick, 1836-1925, Chemists, Portraits, Sanitation
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Portrait of Sidney Dale Kirkpatrick (1894-1973)
- 1943 – circa
Portrait of Sidney Dale Kirkpatrick (1894-1973). Kirkpatrick was born in Urbana, Illinois and received his B.S. from the University of Illinois in 1916. Following graduation, he served as a chemical adviser to the…
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Arnold O. Beckman and William Ballhaus
- 1967
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a long career manufacturing scientific and medical instruments with National Technical Laboratories,…
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Arnold O. Beckman and William Ballhaus
- 1967
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a long career manufacturing scientific and medical instruments with National Technical Laboratories,…
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Portrait of John Lawes, "Agricultural Science"
- 1882
Color lithograph reproduces a watercolor portrait caricature of Sir John Bennet Lawes, (1814-1900), an English entrepreneur and agricultural scientist. Lawes developed a superphosphate that would mark the beginnings of…
- Artist Chartran, Théobald, 1849-1907
- Publisher Vanity Fair
- Subject Chemists, Agriculturists, Lawes, J. B. (John Bennet), 1814-1900, Caricatures and cartoons, Agriculture
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Portrait of Henry Bessemer, "Steel"
- 1880
Color lithograph reproduces a watercolor portrait caricature of Sir Henry Bessemer (1813-1898), an English engineer, inventor, and businessman. Bessemer's name is chiefly known in connection with the Bessemer process…
- Artist Ward, Leslie, Sir, 1851-1922
- Publisher Vanity Fair
- Subject Steel industry and trade, Steel, Chemists, Bessemer, Henry, Sir, 1813-1898, Caricatures and cartoons
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Portrait of Lyon Playfair, "Chemistry"
- 1875
Color lithograph reproduces a watercolor portrait caricature of Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair (1818-1898), a Scottish scientist and Liberal politician. Number 195 in the Vanity Fair collection, "Statesmen." The…
- Artist Pellegrini, Carlo, 1839-1889
- Publisher Vanity Fair
- Subject Playfair, Lyon Playfair, Baron, 1818-1898, Caricatures and cartoons, Chemists
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Portrait of Vannevar Bush
- 1955
Lithograph portrait of Vannevar Bush, by the artist Eugene A. Montgomery. Bush is shown in a 3/4 view holding a graduated cylinder and beaker, with a pipe clenched in one corner of his mouth. This portrait was created…
- Artist Montgomery, Eugene A., 1905-2001
- Publisher The Atlantic Monthly
- Subject Chemistry, Chemists, Bush, Vannevar, 1890-1974
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Louis Pasteur and his granddaughter Camille Vallery-Radot
- 1886 (Date of painting)
Portrait print of French chemist, biologist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) and his granddaughter Camille Vallery-Radot (1880-1927). This print is based on a painting that was commissioned by Jacob…
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Portrait of Elie Metchnikoff
- Circa 1910 (Date of original print)
Portrait of Russian zoologist Elie Metchnikoff (1845-1916) who discovered phagocytes, which are essential in fighting infections and for building immunity. In 1908, he was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology…
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Portrait of Albert Calmette
- Circa 1923 (Date of original photograph)
Portrait photograph of French physician, bacteriologist and immunologist Albert Calmette (1863-1933) who was an associate of the French chemist, biologist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895). As an officer of…
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Portrait of Jules Raulin
- Circa 1870 (Date of original print)
Portrait of French chemist and biologist Jules Raulin (1836-1896). Raulin founded the French chemistry school École supérieure de chimie industrielle de Lyon, currently known as École supérieure de chimie, physique,…
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Portrait of Robert Bunsen
- 1892 (Date of original lithograph)
Portrait print of German chemist Robert Bunsen (1811-1899). Along with physicist Gustav Kirchhoff (1824-1877), Bunsen discovered caesium and rubidium. Bunson studied the emission spectra of heated elements and developed…
- Artist Marx, Job.
- Subject Bunsen, R. (Robert), 1811-1899, Portraits, Scientists, Chemists
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Portrait of Monsieur (Emile) Roux
- Circa 1900 (Date of original photograph)
Portrait photograph of French immunologist, bacteriologist and physician Monsieur (Emile) Roux (1853-1933), also known as Pierre Paul Émile Roux. Roux served as Louis Pasteur's (1822-1895) assistant from 1878 until…
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Portrait of Joseph Lister
- Circa 1855 (Date of original photograph)
Portrait photogravure of English surgeon and Baron Joseph Lister (1827-1912) based on a circa 1855 daguerreotype photograph when Lister was around age 28. Influenced by Louis Pasteur's (1822-1895) discoveries in…
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Portrait of Émile Duclaux
- Circa 1900 (Date of original photograph)
Portrait photograph of French microbiologist and chemist Émile Duclaux (1840-1904). Duclaux began assisting Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) in 1862. He became the second director of the Pasteur Institute after Pasteur's…
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Portrait of Jules François Joubert
- Circa 1877 (Date of original photograph)
Printed portrait of French scientist and professor Jules Francois Joubert (1834-1910), who assisted French chemist, biologist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895). Joubert collaborated with Pasteur in 1877,…
