| Date of Birth | 18-May-1889 | |
| Place of Birth |
Beaver Falls (Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States of America) |
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| Nationality | United States of America | |
| Profession | Chemist | |
| Thomas Midgley, Jr. was an American mechanical engineer and chemist. He was a key figure in a team of chemists, led by Charles F. Kettering, that developed the tetraethyllead additive to gasoline as well as some of the first chlorofluorocarbons. Over the course of his career, Midgley was granted over a hundred patents. While he was lauded for his scientific contributions during his lifetime, the negative environmental impact of some of his innovations have considerably tarnished his legacy. | ||
Awards by Thomas Midgley, Jr. |
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1937 |
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