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Raphael Meldola

Who

Raphael Meldola · Science & Medicine

What

Chemist known for the dye Meldola's blue

When

1849, London, England — 1915, London, England

Where

United Kingdom

Biography

Raphael Meldola is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Chemist known for the dye Meldola's blue

How & why

Raphael Meldola was a chemist and naturalist best known for synthesizing the dye now called Meldola's blue, an early industrially important synthetic dyestuff, and for his work in organic chemistry and evolutionary biology. He came from a prominent Sephardic Jewish family in England and was active in Anglo-Jewish life. He was Jewish.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry

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Chemist known for the dye Meldola's blue

1849

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry