Wallace Hume Carothers - Term Paper

Wallace Hume Carothers (1896-1937) <Tab/>This is an essay about Wallace Carothers who was an American chemist born in Burlington, Iowa. He was born the same year that August Kekulé died and Staudinger was a Gymnasium student in Worms. He was born into a high Presbyterian family of Scottish descent. All his ancestors were either farmers or artisans. In 1924 he received his doctorate at the University of Illinois. …

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