American chemist known for the development of large-scale dextran production and xanthan gum

115th Birthday: Allene Jeanes

100th Anniversary: Death of Ludwig Knorr
German chemist known for the Knorr quinoline synthesis, the Knorr pyrrole synthesis, and the Paal–Knorr synthesis

150th Birthday: Victor Grignard
French chemist known for Grignard reagents and the C–C bond-forming Grignard reaction

50th Anniversary: Death of Robert Corey
American biochemist known for his role in discovery of the α-helix and the β-sheet

200th Birthday: Johann Josef Loschmidt
Bohemian-Austrian scientist who performed ground-breaking work in physical and general chemistry

100th Anniversary: Death of William Odling
English chemist who contributed to the development of the periodic table and the concept of valence

50th Anniversary: Death of Charles D. Coryell
American chemist co-discovered promethium

100th Birthday: George Porter
Chemistry Nobel Laureate co-developed flash photolysis

50th Anniversary: Death of Margaret D. Foster
First female chemist to work for the U.S. Geological Survey; also recruited to work on the Manhattan Project

150th Birthday: Sir William Jackson Pope
British chemist and crystallographer known for his work on optically active N, S, Se, or Sn compounds