Roger Adams
Roger Adams was an American organic chemist. He is best known for the eponymous Adams' catalyst, and his work did much to determine the composition of naturally occurring substances such as complex vegetable oils and plant alkaloids. As the Department Head of Chemistry at the University of Illinois from 1926 to 1954, he also greatly influenced graduate education in America, taught over 250 Ph.D. students and postgraduate students, and served the U.S. as a scientist at the highest levels during World War I and World War II.
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Date of Birth
January 2nd, 1889
Age
137
Birth Place
United States of America, Massachusetts
Date of Death
July 6th, 1971
Died Aged
82
Star Sign
Capricorn
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