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About Albert Edward Woolf
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from The Jewish Encyclopedia: Talmud - Zweifel
WOOLF, ALBERT EDWARD: American chemist and inventor; born in New York Sept. 26, 1846; educated in the public schools of that city and at the College of the City of New York. Among Woolf's achievements may be mentioned: the introduction of peroxid of hydrogen for bleaching ostrich-feathers and for use as an antiseptic (1876), and the discovery (1889) of the antiseptic properties of sea-water decomposed by electrolysis (electrozone), a discovery now widely applied in the treatment of drinking-water, garbage, and sewage, and used by the United States authorities in suppressing yellow fever in Havana, Cuba (1899). Woolf is a member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, and of the Society of Arts, London, England.
Bibliography; Who's Who in America, 1903–5. A. F. H. V.
- Updated from Ancestry Genealogy via sister Rosenah Woolf by SmartCopy: Dec 21 2015, 16:52:24 UTC
- Residence: 1910 - Manhattan Ward 12, New York, New York, USA
- Race: White
- Ethnicity: American
- Updated from 1910 United States Federal Census by SmartCopy: Dec 21 2015, 17:26:48 UTC
Albert Edward Woolf's Timeline
1846 |
September 26, 1846
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New York, United States
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1880 |
February 12, 1880
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New York, New York, United States
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1881 |
April 25, 1881
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New York, United States
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1920 |
April 19, 1920
Age 73
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New York, United States
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