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Arnold Orville  Beckman
Arnold Orville Beckman was an American chemist, inventor, investor, and philanthropist. While a professor at California Institute of Technology, he founded Beckman Instruments based on his 1934 invention of the pH meter, a device for measuring acidity, later considered to have "revolutionized the study of chemistry and biology". He also developed the DU spectrophotometer, "probably the most important instrument ever developed towards the advancement of bioscience". Beckman funded the first transistor company, thus giving rise to Silicon Valley. After retirement, he and his wife Mabel were numbered among the top philanthropists in the United States.
BornApril 10, 1900, Cullom, Illinois
DiedMay 18, 2004, La Jolla, California
NationalityAmerican
FieldsPhysical Chemistry
InstitutionsCaltech, Beckman Instruments
Alma materUniversity of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, California Institute of Technology
Notable awardsHoover Medal (1981), Tolman Award (1985), Vermilye Medal (1987), National Medal of Technology (1988), National Medal of Science (1989), Presidential Citizens Medal (1989), Bower Award (1992), Public Welfare Medal (1999), Othmer Gold Medal (2000)

About Arnold Orville Beckman

Chemist Arnold Orville Beckman was born on April 10, 1900 in Illinois, United States (He dies at the age of 104, on May 18, 2004).

Nobel Prize-winning chemist who is largely recognized with changing chemistry by creating the pH meter, an acidity-measuring gadget. He was a professor at the California Institute of Technology and the founder of Beckman Instruments, a laboratory instrument manufacturer.

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Arnold Orville Beckman before becoming famous

Arnold Orville Beckman was born in the Zodiac sign Aries (The Ram), and 1900 is also the year of Rat (鼠) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He was born in the Illinois agricultural hamlet of Cullom. After discovering the textbook Fourteen Weeks in Chemistry at the age of nine, he began experimenting with chemistry.

Achievement of Arnold Orville Beckman

He spent his nights as a high school student playing piano in movie theaters and with various local bands.

Arnold Orville Beckman's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

In June 1925, he married his wife Mabel.

Arnold Orville Beckman Collabed with

He and electrical engineer Engineer John Bardeen shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956.

Arnold Orville Beckman Income & Net worth

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