Charles J. Pedersen lab notebooks
Creation: 1956Abstract
Charles J. Pedersen (1904-1989) was a research chemist with E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company who spent most of his career at the Jackson Laboratory in Deepwater, New Jersey, and the Elastomer Chemicals Department in Wilmington, Delaware. This collection consists of two laboratory notebooks from Jackson Laboratory from 1956.
Dates
- Creation: 1956
Creator
- Pedersen, Charles J., 1904-1989 (Person)
Extent
2 volume(s)
Biographical Note
Charles J. Pedersen (1904-1989) was a research chemist with E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company who spent most of his career at the Jackson Laboratory in Deepwater, New Jersey, and the Elastomer Chemicals Department in Wilmington, Delaware.
Pedersen was born in Pusan, Korea, on October 3, 1904, and was educated at the University of Dayton and M.I.T. His major achievement was the discovery of crown ethers, and he shared the 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the only DuPont researcher to win that honor to date. Pedersen died on October 27, 1989.
Scope and Contents
Two laboratory notebooks, JLNB 7249 and JLNB 7326, recording Pedersen's work at the Jackson Laboratory during the year 1956.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Language of Materials
English
Subjects
Related Names
Subject
- Jackson Laboratory (E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company) (Organization)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Organic Chemicals Department (Organization)
Finding Aid & Administrative Information
- Title:
- Charles J. Pedersen lab notebooks
- Description rules:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description:
- English
- Script of description:
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2020: Laurie Sather
Repository Details
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository
