Monday 12 March 2018

Poor Perkin...

LOL
Google search stressed today is the birthday of William Henry Perkin ... He has one of the saddest bios on Wiki I've read recently. In a funny way :D



Little teenage Willy tried to cure malaria, but instead changed fashion for the tasteless for eyer...

"Sir William Henry Perkin, FRS (12 March 1838 – 14 July 1907[1]) was a British chemist best known for his accidental discovery of the first aniline dye: the purple mauveine. Though failing in trying to synthesise quinine for the treatment of malaria, he became successful in the field of dyes .."

Look at this sad face. 

 

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