Herbert Henry Dow

Herbert Henry Dow was an American chemical industrialist who founded the American multinational conglomerate Dow Chemical. A graduate of the Case School of Applied Science in Cleveland, Ohio, he was a prolific inventor of chemical processes, compounds, and products, notably bromine extraction from sea water, and was a successful businessman.

26 February 1866

Born on the same birth day (26 February): Antoine Augustin Calmet • Bill Johnston (cricketer) • Camille Flammarion • Doris Belack • Elizabeth George • Everton Weekes • Jessie Bates • Jonathan Cain • Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma • Mark Dacascos • Matija Nenadović • Nate Ruess • Paul Cotton • Predrag Danilović • Rudolph Dirks • Steve Blake • Takanoiwa Yoshimori

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