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April 19, 1975 (76 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Aries
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Celebrities born on April 11
Born in 1899
Born in Montgomery, Alabama
Aries named Percy
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Percy Lavon Julian
Percy Lavon Julian 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. His work laid the foundation for the steroid drug industry's production of cortisone, other corticosteroids, and birth control pills. He later started his own company to synthesize steroid intermediates from the wild Mexican yam. His work helped greatly reduce the cost of steroid intermediates to large multinational pharmaceutical companies, helping to significantly expand the use of several important drugs. Julian is a "part of a small group" of African-American Inventors and Scientists; he received more than 130 chemical patents. He was one of the first African Americans to receive a doctorate in chemistry.
BornApril 11, 1899, Montgomery, Alabama, United States
DiedApril 19, 1975, Waukegan, Illinois, United States
NationalityAmerican
EducationDePauw University (B.A.), Harvard University (M.S.), University of Vienna (PhD)
OccupationChemist
ChildrenPercy Lavon Julian, Jr, (1940–2008), Faith Roselle Julian, (1944–)
Parent(s)Elizabeth Lena Adams, (1878–1926), James Sumner Julian, (1871–1951)

About Percy Lavon Julian

Chemist Percy Lavon Julian was born in Montgomery, Alabama, United States on April 11, 1899. He dies at the age of 76, on April 19, 1975.

One of the first African-Americans to acquire a doctorate in chemistry, and one of the first to synthesis plant-derived medicine. In addition, he was the first African-American chemist to be elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

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Percy Lavon Julian before becoming famous

Percy Lavon Julian was born in the Zodiac sign Aries (The Ram), and 1899 is also the year of Pig (豬) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He was denied a professorship because of his race, so he went to work for the Glidden Company, where he discovered a better fire retardant than plain water, among other things.

Achievement of Percy Lavon Julian

He tried to generate synthetic steroid intermediates from wild yams while running his own company, substantially cutting the cost of their manufacturing.

Percy Lavon Julian's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

His father was a former slave, and he was born in Montgomery, Alabama.

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Another well-known African-American scientist was Doctor Dr. Charles Drew.

Dr Charles Drew (1904 - 1950) (Doctor)
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Percy Lavon Julian Income & Net worth

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