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Sep 30, 1906 Died on 01 Jan 1966 (aged 59)
American chemist
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About Lawrence H. Knox
- Lawrence Howland Knox (September 30, 1906 – 1966) was among the first African Americans to receive a PhD in chemistry, following his brother William Jacob Knox (1904–1995).
- He worked with Paul Doughty Bartlett on an experiment for testing organic mechanisms in chemistry which involved the use of the molecule bicyclo(2.2.1)heptane, a type of bicyclic molecule.
- Knox was the grandson of a slave.He was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, lived for an extended period in Mexico, and died of carbon monoxide poisoning.
