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Forgotten Genius, a new NEH-funded film about Julian's life, aired February 6 on PBS. While some in the scientific community knew of Julian's achievement, his story was largely lost to the general public, says Stephen Lyons, one of the film's producers. "The drawback was, there was no biography," says Lyons, who at the time was a senior editor ...
Mar 3, 2007 · Percy Lavon Julian (1899-1975) A native of Montgomery, Alabama and grandson of slaves, Percy Lavon Julian, born April 11, 1899, was a trailblazer in the chemical sciences. His parents Elizabeth Lena Adams, a school teacher, and James Sumner Julian, a railroad mail clerk who loved mathematics, raised six children, all of whom pursued a college ...
Jul 15, 2022 · The grandson of slaves, Percy Lavon Julian (1899–1975) was the first Black chemist and the second Black member to be elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). There are at least 60 biographies of Julian, including entries on the websites of the US Patent and Trademark Office and Harvard University, a 44-page NAS memoir published in ...
May 17, 2018 · Percy Lavon Julian was born in Montgomery, Alabama, on April 11, 1899; his father was a railway mail clerk, and his grandfather had been a slave. He credited his strict father with providing the discipline and high standards necessary to his success.
Born April 11, 1899 - Died April 19, 1975. Percy Lavon Julian synthesized physostigmine for treatment of glaucoma and cortisone for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. He is also noted for a fire-extinguishing foam for gasoline and oil fires. Born in Montgomery, Alabama, Julian had little schooling because Montgomery provided limited public ...
The grandson of slaves, Percy Lavon Julian (1899–1975) was the first Black chemist and the second Black member to be elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). There are at least 60 biographies of Julian, including entries on the websites of the US Patent and Trademark Office and Harvard University, a 44-page NAS memoir published in ...
1899-1975. Percy Lavon Julian. A grandson of slaves, Percy Julian overcame prejudice, blatant job discrimination (especially in academia) and two bombings of his home to become a pioneer in the synthesis of medicinal products, an industrial research director and eventually a millionaire chemical entrepreneur.
