Herbert Henry Dow

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Herbert Henry Dow was an American chemical industrialist and inventor who founded the Dow Chemical Company and pioneered modern methods of extracting and producing chemicals.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chemist
human
industrialist
inventor
burialPlace Midland Cemetery, Midland, Michigan, United States of America
causeOfDeath cirrhosis of the liver
child Alden B. Dow
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1866-02-26
dateOfDeath 1930-10-15
educatedAt Case School of Applied Science
employer Dow Chemical Company
familyName Dow Chemical Company
surface form: Dow
fieldOfWork chemical engineering
electrochemistry
industrial chemistry
founded Dow Chemical Company
Midland Chemical Company
fullName Herbert Henry Dow self-link
givenName Herbert
hasNumberOfChildren 7
heritage Canadian-born American
industry chemical industry
knownFor development of bromine extraction from brine
founding Dow Chemical Company
pioneering modern chemical extraction methods
languageSpoken English
movedTo Cleveland, Ohio, United States
surface form: Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Midland, Michigan
surface form: Midland, Michigan, United States of America
notableAchievement helped establish Midland, Michigan as a center of the chemical industry
notableWork development of electrolytic methods for chemical production
development of modern methods of extracting bromine from brine
founding of Dow Chemical Company
occupation chemical industrialist
chemist
inventor
patentHolderOf electrolytic process for producing chlorine and caustic soda
process for extracting bromine from brine
placeOfBirth Belleville, Ontario
surface form: Belleville, Ontario, Canada
placeOfDeath Rochester, Minnesota, United States
surface form: Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
positionHeld president of Dow Chemical Company
religion Congregationalism
residence Midland, Michigan
surface form: Midland, Michigan, United States of America
sexOrGender male
spouse Grace A. Ball Dow

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