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 Kekul&eacute; 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. He then taught organic chemistry there, and later on at Harvard. In 1928 he was made head of the organic chemistry research group at DuPont. His…
