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William Henry Perkin

(Perkin, William Henry, Sir, 1838-1907)

Sir William Henry Perkin (12 March 1838 – 14 July 1907) was a British chemist and entrepreneur best known for his serendipitous discovery of the first commercial synthetic organic dye, mauveine, made from aniline. Though he failed in trying to synthesise quinine for the treatment of malaria, he became successful in the field of dyes after his first discovery at the age of 18. (From Wikipedia)

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Jubilee of the discovery of mauve and of the foundation of the coal-tar colour industry by Sir W. H. Perkin. (Perkin Memorial Committee, 1906), by Raphael Meldola, William Henry Perkin, John Cannell Cain, and Arthur G. Green (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

Books by William Henry Perkin:

Perkin, William Henry, Sir, 1838-1907: The History of Alizarin and Allied Colouring Matters, and Their Production From Coal Tar: Two Lectures Delivered Before the Chemical Section of the Society of Arts, May 8th and 22nd, 1879 (London: Printed by W. Trounce, 1879)
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Additional books by William Henry Perkin in the extended shelves:

Perkin, William Henry, Sir, 1838-1907: Jubilee of the discovery of mauve and of the foundation of the coal-tar colour industry by Sir W. H. Perkin. (Perkin Memorial Committee, 1906), also by Raphael Meldola, John Cannell Cain, and Arthur G. Green (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Perkin, William Henry, Sir, 1838-1907: On magnetic rotatory power, especially of aromatic compounds (Harrison and sons, printers, 1896) (page images at HathiTrust)
Perkin, William Henry, Sir, 1838-1907: Specification of William Henry Perkin. Dyeing fabrics. (G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode, 1856), also by Great Britain. Patent Office (page images at HathiTrust)

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