OTD: Born October 9th, 1852 - Nobel Laureate (1902)

OTD: Born October 9th, 1852 - Nobel Laureate (1902)
Emil Fisher, Nobel Laureate, was born on this day in 1852. Known for his contributions in the area of Chemistry. His key contributions include: Fisher Esterification; Developed new methods to understand sugars, purines, and enzymes better that led to better understanding of proteins. Emil Fisher's life was cut short due to suicide after losing his wife, and two of his three sons quite young.

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#OTD - Walt Disney was born on December 5th in Chicago in the year 1901

#OTD - Walt Disney was born on December 5th in Chicago in the year 1901 "Laughter is timeless, imagination has no age, dreams are forever." "When you are curious, you find many things to do." #Walt #Disney #OTD #December k

#OTD in 1886

#OTD in 1886 Josephine Cochrane, a woman inventor from Shelbyville, Illinois, USA was issued the dishwashing machine patent, which also ended up becoming the first commercially successful dishwashing machine. Interesting Facts about Ms. Josephine Cochrane: 1. Born as Josephine M. Garis in 1839, in Ashtabula County, Ohio. 2. Josephine was raised in Shelbyville, Illinois, and got married to William Cochran in 1858. 3. Josephine was also the grand daughter of John Fitch, who was known for steam boat related inventions. 4. Josephine was a socialite, and had a prosperous early married life with her husband. 5. But, lost her husband to alcohol at the age of 44 with a family debt of around $1500+. 6. Josephine's family situation along with her prior interest to develop dishwashing machines to relieve housewives from washing dishes after a meal drove her towards developing the first commercially viable machine. 7. Though the dishwashing machine was not a household item during her times, it...

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