Dr. Percy Julian Master Chemist

On the Shoulders of Giants: Dr. Percy Julian Mater Chemist
. In 1929 Julian accepted a fellowship to travel to Vienna, Austria to earn his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry. He graduated in 1931 then returned to the United States to become the head of the chemistry department at Howard University. He later returned to DePauw University as a chemistry teacher; he would begin working on the synthesis of physostigmine with Dr. Dr. Josef Pikl from Vienna. Physostigmine is a drug that Julian used to treat glaucoma that is made from the Calabar bean. He and Pikl worked together for three years, in that time along with synthesizing the Calabar bean, they published 11 articles in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
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Drunk history brought me here

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Me too, lol.

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You and me, both!

[@jerryj920]

April 11th: Happy birthday Research chemist Percy Lavon Julian (1899-1975) a pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants. Springarn Medal recipient. Thank you and God bless. RIP Pioneer. Thanks for the upload, on the Shoulders of Giants. Blessings

[@Ontheshoulders1]

Jerry Johnson thank you for watching.

[@richarde1355]

Great video. I watched a 2 hour movie on PBS about Percy, and I found the show fascinating and educational on so many levels. You did a great job here taking 6 minutes to summarize a 2 hour movie. Thank you!

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Simply Amazing What An Honor To Hear His Story.A Brilliant Man Of Color Who Persevered Through Many Obstacles To Obstain Greatness !!!!

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He was so awesome.

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Ty I needed some info on him for my science class

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does this have bad words in it?

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Not a black man he was a mixed race man

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Who took his billions bankers or the chosen people

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Lol he would be hurt if he was a kid

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Background noise, fuck this video up! Can’t hear the success your presenting