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Percy Lavon Julian (April 11, 1899 – April 19, 1975) was an American research chemist and a pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants. He was the first to synthesize the natural product physostigmine and was a pioneer in the industrial large-scale chemical synthesis of the human hormones progesterone and testosterone from plant sterols such as stigmasterol and sitosterol.
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- April 11, 1899, Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.
Apr 11, 2014 · African American chemist Percy Julian was a pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs such as cortisone, steroids and birth control pills. Updated: Apr 16, 2021. Getty Images.
Apr 23, 1999 · Percy Julian graduated from this program in 1920. As a research fellow from 1932 to 1935, Julian, working with his colleague from Vienna, Josef Pikl, and several DePauw students, produced a phenomenal number of high-quality research papers. One such paper appeared in the April 1935 issue of the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
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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 ...
Featured image: Dr. Percy Lavon Julian honored at MacMurray College, 1972. The grandson of enslaved people, Julian overcame racial barriers to achieve scientific, business, and personal success.
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Dec 14, 2016 · The story of Percy Julian remains a powerful reminder of the challenges and bigotry that many scientists of color have had to overcome. Born in 1899 in Montgomery, AL, Julian pursued his education ...
