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William Henry Perkin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In 1856, during Easter vacation from the Royal College of Chemistry, 18-year-old William Henry Perkin (1838–1907) synthesized mauve, or aniline purple—the first synthetic dyestuff—from chemicals derived from coal tar.
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SIR WILLIAM HENRY PERKIN (1838-1907), English chemist, was born in London on the 12th of March 1838. From an early age he determined to adopt chemistry as his profession, although his father, who was a builder, would have preferred him to be an architect.
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*The late Sir W. Crookes. Starting first with toluidine, and then, when toluidine gave unsatisfactory results, with aniline—both being products of coal tar—; Perkin treated a salt of the latter with bichromate of potash and obtained a dirty black precipitate. ... William Henry Perkin" (he had been knighted in the meantime).
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SIR WILLIAM HENRY PERKIN (1838-1907) ... End of Article: SIR WILLIAM HENRY PERKIN (1838-1907); ... PERKIN, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1838-1907)
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William Henry Perkin (1838-1907) who at the age of 18 in the year 1856 had set out with idea of making quinine (C20H24N2O2) by oxidising allytoluidine (C10H12N), had accidentally produced instead the first ever synthetic dye aniline purple, better known as mauveine (actual formula of the two principal components C26H23N4...
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Encyclopedia article about Perkin, Sir William Henry. Information about Perkin, Sir William Henry in the Columbia Encyclopedia, Computer Desktop Encyclopedia, computing dictionary. ... Perkin, Sir William Henry, 1838–1907, English chemist. In 1856 he discovered the first aniline aniline (ăn`əlĭn), C6H5NH2; .....
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Perkin, Sir William Henry, 1838–1907, English chemist. In 1856 he discovered the first aniline dye (aniline purple, known as mauve and mauveine); by founding a factory to make it, Perkin established the aniline dye industry in England.
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The Encyclopedia Britannica is free at the JCSM Study Center! ... PERKIN, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1838-1907) , English chemist, was born in London on the 12th of March 1838. From an early age he determined to adopt chemistry as his profession, although his father, who was a builder, would have preferred him to be an architect.
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