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Harvey Washington Wiley

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Harvey Washington Wiley (October 18, 1844 – June 16, 1930) was a noted American chemist best known for his leadership in the passage of the landmark Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 and his subsequent work at the Good Housekeeping Institute laboratories. [1]

53 relations: Alice Lakey, American Civil War, Aniline, AOAC International, Arlington National Cemetery, Asclepius, August Wilhelm von Hofmann, Bachelor of Science, Butler University, Caffeine, Chemist, Doctor of Medicine, Elliott Cresson Medal, FDA Consumer, Food and Drug Administration, Franklin Institute, George B. Loring, Germany, Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker, Glucose, Good Housekeeping, Hanover College, Harvard University, Indianapolis, Ira Remsen, James Wilson (Secretary of Agriculture), Jefferson County, Indiana, Johns Hopkins University, Kent, Jefferson County, Indiana, Kola nut, Legion of Honour, Liberty ship, National Register of Historic Places, Ophiuchus, Polarimetry, President of the United States, Purdue University, Pure Food and Drug Act, Saccharin, Sodium benzoate, Somerset, Maryland, Sorghum, Sugar, The Outlook (New York City), The World's Work, Union Army, United States Department of Agriculture, United States Department of Commerce, United States Department of the Interior, United States Secretary of Agriculture, ..., Washington, D.C., Wiley-Ringland House, William Howard Taft. Expand index (3 more) »

Alice Lakey

Alice Lakey (October 14, 1857 – June 18, 1935) was an activist in the pure food movement.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.

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Aniline

Aniline is an organic compound with the formula C6H5NH2.

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AOAC International

AOAC International is a 501(c) non-profit scientific association with headquarters in Rockville, Maryland.

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Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington National Cemetery is a United States military cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., in whose the dead of the nation's conflicts have been buried, beginning with the Civil War, as well as reinterred dead from earlier wars.

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Asclepius

Asclepius (Ἀσκληπιός, Asklēpiós; Aesculapius) was a hero and god of medicine in ancient Greek religion and mythology.

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August Wilhelm von Hofmann

August Wilhelm von Hofmann (8 April 18185 May 1892) was a German chemist.

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Bachelor of Science

A Bachelor of Science (Latin Baccalaureus Scientiae, B.S., BS, B.Sc., BSc, or B.Sc; or, less commonly, S.B., SB, or Sc.B., from the equivalent Latin Scientiae Baccalaureus) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years, or a person holding such a degree.

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Butler University

Butler University is a private university in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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Caffeine

Caffeine is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant of the methylxanthine class.

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Chemist

A chemist (from Greek chēm (ía) alchemy; replacing chymist from Medieval Latin alchimista) is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry.

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Doctor of Medicine

A Doctor of Medicine (MD from Latin Medicinae Doctor) is a medical degree, the meaning of which varies between different jurisdictions.

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Elliott Cresson Medal

The Elliott Cresson Medal, also known as the Elliott Cresson Gold Medal, was the highest award given by the Franklin Institute.

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FDA Consumer

FDA Consumer was a magazine published from 1967 through 2007 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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Food and Drug Administration

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or USFDA) is a federal agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, one of the United States federal executive departments.

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Franklin Institute

The Franklin Institute is a science museum and the center of science education and research in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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George B. Loring

George Bailey Loring (November 8, 1817 – September 14, 1891) was a Member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

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Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker

The Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh) is a learned society and professional association founded in 1949 to represent the interests of German chemists in local, national and international contexts.

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Glucose

Glucose is a simple sugar with the molecular formula C6H12O6.

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Good Housekeeping

Good Housekeeping is a women's magazine owned by the Hearst Corporation, featuring articles about women's interests, product testing by The Good Housekeeping Institute, recipes, diet, and health, as well as literary articles.

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Hanover College

Hanover College is a private, co-ed, liberal arts college, in Hanover, Indiana.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Indianapolis

Indianapolis is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County.

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Ira Remsen

Ira Remsen (February 10, 1846 – March 4, 1927) was a chemist who, along with Constantin Fahlberg, discovered the artificial sweetener saccharin.

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James Wilson (Secretary of Agriculture)

James "Tama Jim" Wilson (August 16, 1835 – August 26, 1920) was a Scottish-American politician who served as United States Secretary of Agriculture for sixteen years during three presidencies, from 1897 to 1913.

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Jefferson County, Indiana

Jefferson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana.

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Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University is an American private research university in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Kent, Jefferson County, Indiana

Kent is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Republican Township, Jefferson County, Indiana, United States.

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Kola nut

The kola nut is the fruit of the kola tree, a genus (Cola) of trees that are native to the tropical rainforests of Africa.

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Legion of Honour

The Legion of Honour, with its full name National Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), is the highest French order of merit for military and civil merits, established in 1802 by Napoléon Bonaparte and retained by all the divergent governments and regimes later holding power in France, up to the present.

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Liberty ship

Liberty ships were a class of cargo ship built in the United States during World War II.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance.

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Ophiuchus

Ophiuchus is a large constellation straddling the celestial equator.

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Polarimetry

Polarimetry is the measurement and interpretation of the polarization of transverse waves, most notably electromagnetic waves, such as radio or light waves.

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President of the United States

The President of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.

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Purdue University

Purdue University is a public research university in West Lafayette, Indiana and is the flagship campus of the Purdue University system.

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Pure Food and Drug Act

The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 was the first of a series of significant consumer protection laws which was enacted by Congress in the 20th century and led to the creation of the Food and Drug Administration.

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Saccharin

Sodium saccharin (benzoic sulfimide) is an artificial sweetener with effectively no food energy that is about 300–400 times as sweet as sucrose but has a bitter or metallic aftertaste, especially at high concentrations.

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Sodium benzoate

Sodium benzoate is a substance which has the chemical formula NaC7H5O2.

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Somerset, Maryland

Somerset is an incorporated town in Montgomery County, Maryland, near its border with Washington, D.C..

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Sorghum

Sorghum is a genus of flowering plants in the grass family Poaceae.

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Sugar

Sugar is the generic name for sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food.

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The Outlook (New York City)

The Outlook (1870–1935) was a weekly magazine, published in New York City.

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The World's Work

The World's Work (1900–1932) was a monthly magazine that covered national affairs from a pro-business point of view.

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Union Army

During the American Civil War, the Union Army referred to the United States Army, the land force that fought to preserve the Union of the collective states.

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United States Department of Agriculture

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), also known as the Agriculture Department, is the U.S. federal executive department responsible for developing and executing federal laws related to farming, forestry, and food.

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United States Department of Commerce

The United States Department of Commerce is the Cabinet department of the United States government concerned with promoting economic growth.

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United States Department of the Interior

The United States Department of the Interior (DOI) is the United States federal executive department of the U.S. government responsible for the management and conservation of most federal lands and natural resources, and the administration of programs relating to Native Americans, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, territorial affairs, and insular areas of the United States.

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United States Secretary of Agriculture

The United States Secretary of Agriculture is the head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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Wiley-Ringland House

The Wiley-Ringland House is a historic home located at Somerset, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.

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William Howard Taft

William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) was the 27th President of the United States (1909–1913) and the tenth Chief Justice of the United States (1921–1930), the only person to have held both offices.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Washington_Wiley

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