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Herbert Charles Brown

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Herbert Charles Brown 1912-2004, American chemist, b. London, Ph.D. Univ. of Chicago, 1938. A professor at Wayne State Univ. (1943-47) and Purdue Univ. (1947-78), he shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Georg Wittig . Brown developed boron-containing compounds as important reagents in organic synthesis. These organoborones provided an inexpensive means of making organic chemicals used in agricultural, pharmaceutical, and other industries. Author not available, BROWN, HERBERT CHARLES. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

Hughes, Charles Evans
Hughes, Charles Evans (1862–...and Baptist preacher, Charles Evans Hughes received...and graduated from Brown University. In 1884...commission headed by banker Charles G. Dawes (1865–...In 1930, President Herbert Hoover named him chief...Bibliography Merlo J. Pusey , Charles ... Read more

Charles Evans Hughes
Charles Evans Hughes The American jurist and statesman Charles Evans Hughes (1862-1948...of the Supreme Court. Charles Evans Hughes was born...transferring later to Brown University. He graduated...nominated by President Herbert Hoover as chief justice...Hughes is Merlo J. Pusey, ... Read more

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