Benjamin Silliman Jr.
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Professor of chemistry, Yale University
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Why Is Benjamin Silliman Jr. Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Benjamin Silliman Jr. was a professor of chemistry at Yale University and instrumental in developing the petroleum industry. His father Benjamin Silliman Sr., also a famous Yale chemist, developed the process of fractional distillation that enabled the economical production of kerosene. In 1855, Silliman Jr. wrote a report for $526.08 on Pennsylvania rock oil and its usefulness as an illuminant that convinced investors to back George Bissell's search for oil.
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