| Birth: | Apr. 11, 1899
Montgomery
Montgomery County
Alabama, USA | | Death: | Apr. 19, 1975
Waukegan
Lake County
Illinois, USA | 
Chemist, civil rights leader. He was research director of the soya products division and later chemicals development division of the Glidden Company (1936-1953), headed his own companies after 1953, is credited with synthesis of physostigmine for treatment of glaucoma, of the female sex hormone progesterone, and of a compound from soybean sterols making possible quantity production of cortisone.
Search Amazon for Percy Julian | | | Burial:
Elm Lawn Cemetery Mausoleum and Crematorium
Elmhurst
DuPage County
Illinois, USA |
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Record added: May 31, 2002
Find A Grave Memorial# 6460402 |
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