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Mary Engle Pennington

1872 - 1952

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Mary Engle Pennington (October 8, 1872 – December 27, 1952) was an American bacteriological chemist, food scientist and refrigeration engineer. She was a pioneer in the preservation, handling, storage and transportation of perishable foods and the first female lab chief at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. She was awarded 5 patents, received the Notable Service Medal from President Herbert Hoover and the Garvin-Olin Medal from the American Chemical Society. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mary Engle Pennington has received more than 88,820 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Mary Engle Pennington is the 561st most popular chemist, the 9,902nd most popular biography from United States and the 100th most popular American Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Mary Engle Pennington ranks 561 out of 602. Before her are Mary L. Good, Ching Wan Tang, Max Bodenstein, Bruce Ames, Anna J. Harrison, and Faiza Al-Kharafi. After her are K. C. Nicolaou, Barbara Askins, Henry Roscoe, Christian Ehrenfried Weigel, Jiří Drahoš, and George M. Whitesides.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Mary Engle Pennington ranks 187. Before her are Sidney Olcott, James Young, Horace Rice, Siegfried Flesch, Harald Natvig, and Ľudmila Podjavorinská. After her are Joseph Rosemeyer, Eugenie Schwarzwald, Harlan F. Stone, Otto Bahr Halvorsen, Eleanor Hallowell Abbott, and Henry Seiling. Among people deceased in 1952, Mary Engle Pennington ranks 167. Before her are August Alle, Helge Liljebjörn, Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola, François Gagnepain, Willie Brown, and Gus Dillon. After her are Alice Austen, Gertrude Lawrence, George Cornet, Ted Morgan, Robert P. Patterson, and Philip G. Epstein.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mary Engle Pennington ranks 9,902 out of 20,380. Before her are Scott Turow (1949), Robert Morse (1931), Patty Jenkins (1971), Avery Dulles (1918), Chuck McKinley (1941), and Dianna Agron (1986). After her are Red Amick (1929), Bernie Casey (1939), Louise Lorraine (1904), Mae Clarke (1910), Edward Givens (1930), and Geoffrey Arend (1978).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Mary Engle Pennington ranks 100. Before her are Bruce Alberts (1938), Florence B. Seibert (1897), Mildred Cohn (1913), Mary L. Good (1931), Bruce Ames (1928), and Anna J. Harrison (1912). After her are Barbara Askins (1939), George M. Whitesides (1939), Ira Remsen (1846), Marie Maynard Daly (1921), Edith M. Flanigen (1929), and Emma P. Carr (1880).

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