Perkins, the Founder of the Coal Tar Color Industry

In 19 o six, the teth anniversary of perkins synthesis of moving, he was knighted and there were jubilee celebrations to mark the half century birthday of his revolutionary chemical accident. This wis a good natured nod to his being a teetotaler. Perkin never drank. At that same ceremony, he was given the perkin medal of the american chemical society. That was the first that medal is still issued annual for innovation in applied chemistry resulting in outstanding commercial development. And when perkin rapped up his time at the jubilee, he concluded his final speech with, above all, i thank god to whom i owe everything, for all his goodness