
Thomas Midgley Jr.
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 80 years ago |
Date of birth | May 18,1889 |
Zodiac sign | Taurus |
Born | Beaver Falls |
Pennsylvania | |
United States | |
Date of died | November 2,1944 |
Died | Worthington |
Ohio | |
United States | |
Parents | Thomas Midgley |
Hattie Midgley | |
Children | Jane Midgley Lewis |
Thomas Midgley III | |
Books | From the Periodic Table to Production: The Biography of Thomas Midgley, Jr., the Inventor of Ethyl Gasoline and Freon Refrigerants |
Job | Chemist |
Mechanical engineer | |
Awards | Perkin Medal |
Priestley Medal | |
Willard Gibbs Award | |
Known for | Leaded petrol; CFCs |
Spous | Carrie Reynolds |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 614512 |
Thomas Midgley Jr. Life story
Thomas Midgley Jr. was an American mechanical and chemical engineer. He played a major role in developing leaded gasoline and some of the first chlorofluorocarbons, better known in the United States by ...