Famous Chemists
Over years, there has been many famous and well achieving chemists and chemical engineers that have obtained important roles on earth. Chemists and Chemical Engineers have invented things like plastics, synthetic rubber, and waste water treatment plants. Some very famous and well known chemists were:
Mary Curie
Marie Curie, born on November 7th, 1867 in Warsaw, Poland was one of the worlds most famous chemists. She obtained a general education in local schools and from her father. In 1891, she went to Paris and got licentiates in Physics and the Mathematical Sciences. She became the head of the physics laboratory in the Sorbonne, then gained her Doctor of Science degree in 1903, and in 1906, she took the place as Professor of General Physics in the Faculty of Sciences, the first time a woman had held this position. She became director of the Curie Laboratory in the Radium Institute of the University of Paris, which was founded in 1941. Inspired by the discovery of radioactivity in 1896, she discovered how to remove the new element Radium from radioactive residues. Throughout her life, she actively promoted the use of radium to lessen suffering, and in World War I, assisted by her daughter, Irene, she devoted herself to this work. In 1903 she was awarded half of the Nobel Peace Prize for physics and in 1911, she received the Nobel Peace Prize in chemistry for her work on radioactivity. She died in Savoy, France, on July 4, 1934.
Michael Faraday
Michael Faraday, born on September 22, 1791 in Newington Butts, England, was one of the most important chemists of all time. Even though he had a poor education and knew of no more math than calculus. When Faraday fist became a chemist, he was an assistant to Humphrey Davy, but he soon became a leading chemist. Michael Faraday is considered the best experimentalist of all time. He was very involved with the study of chlorine, as he found two new compounds of chlorine and carbon, succeeded in liquefying several gasses, making new types of glass to help for optical purposes. He also invented the first type of Bunsen Burner, discovered many chemicals such as benzine, discovered the laws of electrolysis, and popularized terms such as anode, diode, electrode, and ion. Faraday died at age 75, on August 25, in 1867.