Sir William Henry Perkin and the Modern Dyeing Industry

Option E3a

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Sir William Henry Perkin and the Modern dyeing Industry

Science is the power to control the nature for the comfort of human beings and living things all around. Chemistry is a class of science that has endless contribution in the development of the modern civilization. Some of the chemistry inventions that made our life easy are the biochemistry, DNA invention, nuclear reaction, invention of materials and colours etc. And for these greatest inventions, many a scientist has contributed their best so that the modern world can reap the benefit of that. Among many, William Henry Perkin Junior was one who contributed greatly in the invention of aniline dye, mauveine.

Birth and Family Background:

Sir William Henry Perkin was born on 12 March 1838. His birth place was East End of London. He was the youngest of seven children of his parents. His father George Perkin was a eminent carpenter. His mother Sarah was a homemaker. He was sent to school at the age of 14. Perkin went to City of London School where he meet Thomas Hall, who nourished his scientific gift and boosted him to go after a career in chemistry (Brightman, 1956)

William Henry Perkin and Contemporary Scientist:

Henry Perkin became really interested in Chemistry from the inspiration he got from his first teacher Thomas Hall. His interest grew more when he entered Royal College of Chemistry in London under the supervision of August Wilhelm von, a great scientist in this regard. August Wilhelm Von was a person of great genius. He had a lot of inventions in organic Chemistry and henceforth as a student William Henry Perkin had been greatly influence by him to go for more experiments. Both Henry Perkin and August Wilhelm Von were guided a lot by Mr. Friedrich Wöhler (1800-1882) who was the pioneer in the field of organic chemistry. He was able to synthesize urea in and thus refuted and undermined the Vital Force Theory. Perkin and August has greatly been helped such knowledge of organic chemistry to the way of their success (Deville 1857; Wohler, 1857).

Undeveloped Chemistry:

Holme (2006, pp.4 -13) states that then chemistry was however in a rather early state: though the atomic theory was recognized, the prima factors had been identified, and methods to examine the proportions of the ingredients in numerous compounds were available, it was notwithstanding a effortful proposition to ascertain the system of the constituents in chemical compound. So, his interest grew more.

Chance for experiment under the supervision of August Wilhelm:

Henry Perkin being a true legacy of August Wilhelm von had started a number of experiments to attempt