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William Henry Perkin Jr., FRS FRSE (17 June 1860 – 17 September 1929) was an English organic chemist who was primarily known for his groundbreaking research work on the degradation of naturally occurring organic compounds.
Sir William Henry Perkin FRS (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.
In 1856, during Easter vacation from London’s Royal College of Chemistry, 18-year-old William Henry Perkin (1838–1907) synthesized mauve, or aniline purple—the first commercialized synthetic dyestuff—from chemicals derived from coal tar.
Sir William Henry Perkin was a British chemist who discovered aniline dyes. In 1853 Perkin entered the Royal College of Chemistry, London, where he studied under August Wilhelm von Hofmann. While Perkin was working as Hofmann’s laboratory assistant, he undertook the synthesis of quinine.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The career of Sir William Henry Perkin was initiated by one of the most fortuitous discoveries in the history of chemistry. He did not realize his goal, but his curiosity led to financial success.
William Henry Perkin, who at the age of 18 had accidentally produced the first ever synthetic dye (aniline purple, better known as mauveine), set up a factory on the banks of the Grand Union Canal in 1857 to produce it. This small dyeworks was located on a 6-acre site just south of the Black Horse public House, in Greenford, West London.
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Carte-de-visite portrait of English organic chemist William Henry Perkin Jr. (1860-1929), son of chemist Sir William Henry Perkin (1838-1907), who is best known for his creation of the first synthetic dye, mauveine, in 1856.
