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.

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Label	Occurrences
Arnold O. Beckman canonical	15
Arnold Orville Beckman	3

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 Instruments ⓘ surface form: 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 O. Beckman self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Newport Beach, California, United States Pasadena ⓘ surface form: Pasadena, California, United States
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Mabel Meinzer Beckman ⓘ

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Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology → namedAfter → Arnold O. Beckman ⓘ

Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology → foundedBy → Arnold O. Beckman ⓘ

Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation → namedAfter → Arnold O. Beckman ⓘ

Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation → foundedBy → Arnold O. Beckman ⓘ

Arnold O. Beckman → name → Arnold O. Beckman self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arnold Orville Beckman

Beckman Instruments → foundedBy → Arnold O. Beckman ⓘ

Beckman Instruments → namedAfter → Arnold O. Beckman ⓘ

Beckman Instruments → hasKeyPerson → Arnold O. Beckman ⓘ

Mabel Beckman → spouse → Arnold O. Beckman ⓘ

Mabel Beckman → partnerInPhilanthropyWith → Arnold O. Beckman ⓘ

Beckman Young Investigator Program → namedAfter → Arnold O. Beckman ⓘ

Beckman Scholars Program → associatedWith → Arnold O. Beckman ⓘ

Beckman Postdoctoral Fellowship Program → namedAfter → Arnold O. Beckman ⓘ

Cullom, Illinois, United States → hasNotablePerson → Arnold O. Beckman ⓘ

subject surface form: Cullom, Illinois

this entity surface form: Arnold Orville Beckman

Cullom, Illinois, United States → birthplaceOf → Arnold O. Beckman ⓘ

subject surface form: Cullom, Illinois

this entity surface form: Arnold Orville Beckman

Mabel Meinzer Beckman → spouse → Arnold O. Beckman ⓘ

Mabel Meinzer Beckman → partnerOf → Arnold O. Beckman ⓘ

Beckman Coulter → foundedBy → Arnold O. Beckman ⓘ