Arnold O. Beckman

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chemist entrepreneur human inventor philanthropist

Arnold O. Beckman was an American chemist, inventor, and philanthropist best known for developing the pH meter and founding Beckman Instruments, which significantly advanced scientific instrumentation.

Aliases (1)

Arnold Orville Beckman ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	chemist → entrepreneur → human → inventor → philanthropist →
academicDegree	PhD in physical chemistry →
awardReceived	National Medal of Science → National Medal of Technology and Innovation → Perkin Medal → Priestley Medal →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1900-04-10 →
dateOfDeath	2004-05-18 →
educatedAt	California Institute of Technology → University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign →
employer	Beckman Instruments → California Institute of Technology →
familyName	Beckman →
fieldOfWork	analytical chemistry → scientific instrumentation →
founded	Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation → Beckman Instruments →
givenName	Arnold →
hasPhilanthropicFocus	education → environmental science → scientific research →
influenced	development of modern analytical laboratories →
knownFor	advances in electronic scientific instruments → founding Beckman Instruments →
memberOf	American Chemical Society → National Academy of Sciences →
middleName	Orville →
name	Arnold Orville Beckman →
notableAchievement	commercialization of reliable electronic pH meters → pioneering industrial-scale scientific instrumentation business →
notableWork	development of the DU spectrophotometer → development of the pH meter →
occupation	businessperson → chemist → inventor → philanthropist →
placeOfBirth	Cullom, Illinois, United States →
placeOfDeath	La Jolla, California, United States →
positionHeld	chairman of Beckman Instruments → professor at California Institute of Technology →
residence	Newport Beach, California, United States → Pasadena, California, United States →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Mabel Meinzer Beckman →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation → Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology → Beckman Instruments →	foundedBy
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation → Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology → Beckman Instruments →	namedAfter
Beckman Instruments →	hasKeyPerson
Arnold O. Beckman ("Arnold Orville Beckman") →	name