Frederick Gardner Cottrell

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Frederick Gardner Cottrell was an American physical chemist and inventor best known for developing the electrostatic precipitator and for founding the Research Corporation to support scientific research.

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instanceOf human
physical chemist
academicDegree PhD in chemistry
awardReceived Perkin Medal NERFINISHED
Priestley Medal NERFINISHED
Willard Gibbs Award NERFINISHED
birthDate 1877-01-10
birthPlace Oakland, California, United States NERFINISHED
citizenship United States of America
deathDate 1948-11-16
deathPlace Washington, D.C., United States NERFINISHED
educatedAt Humboldt University of Berlin
surface form: University of Berlin

University of California, Berkeley
University of Göttingen
University of Leipzig
employer United States Bureau of Mines NERFINISHED
United States Department of the Interior NERFINISHED
University of California, Berkeley
familyName Cottrell NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork electrochemistry
physical chemistry
founded Research Corporation NERFINISHED
Research Corporation for Science Advancement NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName Frederick NERFINISHED
hasOccupation chemist
government official
university professor
influenced models of private, non-profit funding for scientific research
invention electrostatic precipitator
knownFor development of the electrostatic precipitator
founding Research Corporation for Science Advancement
promoting funding mechanisms for scientific research
languageSpoken English
mannerOfDeath natural causes
memberOf American Chemical Society NERFINISHED
name Frederick Gardner Cottrell NERFINISHED
nationality United States of America
notableIdea using patent income to endow independent scientific research
notableWork application of electrostatic forces to gas cleaning
patentHolderOf electrostatic precipitator for removing particles from industrial exhaust gases
positionHeld chief technologist of the United States Department of the Interior
director of the United States Bureau of Mines
professor of physical chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley
residence Berkeley, California, United States NERFINISHED
Washington, D.C.
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States

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Cottrell equation namedAfter Frederick Gardner Cottrell