Herman Mark
Herman Mark · Science & Medicine
Chemist regarded as a father of polymer science
1895, Vienna, Austria — 1992, Austin, Texas, United States
Austria · Germany · United States (Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn)
Herman Mark is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Chemist regarded as a father of polymer science
Mark helped found polymer science: his X-ray diffraction studies of fibres in the 1920s provided key evidence for the macromolecular theory of polymers, and the Mark–Houwink equation bears his name. He built the discipline's first academic and industrial programmes on two continents, ending his career at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. His father was a Jew who converted to Lutheranism; Mark, of Jewish descent, left Germany in 1932 and fled Europe as the Nazis advanced, reaching the United States in 1940.
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Chemist regarded as a father of polymer science
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