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Birth Name:

Arnold Orville Beckman

Male

Birth Date:

Tue, Apr 10, 1900

Time of Birth:

12:00 AM

Place of Birth:

Cullom, Illinois, United States

Age:

124

Zodiac Sign:

Aries

Astrology Data:

Sun

19°

Ari

55'

Moon

27°

Leo

16'

Asc

26°

Sag

19'

MC

19°

Lib

29'

About Arnold Orville Beckman

Arnold Orville Beckman (April 10, 1900 – May 18, 2004) was an American chemist, inventor, investor, and philanthropist. While a professor at California Institute of Technology, he founded Beckman Instruments based on his 1934 invention of the pH meter, a device for measuring acidity, later considered to have "revolutionized the study of chemistry and biology". He also developed the DU spectrophotometer, "probably the most important instrument ever developed towards the advancement of bioscience". Beckman funded the first transistor company, thus giving rise to Silicon Valley. After retirement, he and his wife Mabel (1900-1989) were numbered among the top philanthropists in the United States.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Beckman Coulter company website

• Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation philanthropic foundation website

• Arnold O. Beckman Legacy Project, Science History Institute, including a trailer for The Instrumental Chemist: The Incredible Curiosity of Arnold O. Beckman

• Jaehnig, Kenton G. Finding Aid to the Beckman historical collection, 1911-2011 (bulk 1934-2004). Science History Institute. Retrieved 6 February 2018. Links on landing page go to full documents.

• Center for Oral History. "Arnold O. Beckman (Part A)". Science History Institute.

• Sturchio, Jeffrey L.; Thackray, Arnold (23 April 1985). Arnold O. Beckman, Transcript of an Interview Conducted by Jeffrey L. Sturchio and Arnold Thackray at the University of Pennsylvania on 23 April 1985 (0014A) (PDF). Philadelphia, PA: Center for History of Chemistry.

• Center for Oral History. "Arnold O. Beckman (Part B)". Science History Institute.

• Sturchio, Jeffrey L.; Thackray, Arnold (23 July 1985). Arnold O. Beckman, Transcript of an Interview Conducted by Jeffrey L. Sturchio and Arnold Thackray at the University of Pennsylvania on 23 July 1985 (0014B) (PDF). Philadelphia, PA: Center for History of Chemistry.

• Chemical Descent Tree for Arnold Orville Beckman from the Chemical Genealogy Database of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Department of Chemistry

• Arnold O. Beckman High School website

• Beckman Historical Collection Science History Institute Digital Collections (Digitized corporate records of Beckman Coulter, Incorporated, as well as personal papers of American scientist and industrialist Arnold Orville Beckman)

• Guide to the Arnold O. Beckman Papers Caltech Archives, California Institute of Technology

• Interview with Arnold O. Beckman Caltech Oral Histories

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Arnold Orville Beckman: Sun 19 Aries, Moon 27 Leo, Mercury 26 Pisces, Venus 4 Gemini, Mars 1 Aries, Jupiter 10 Sagittarius, Saturn 5 Capricorn, Uranus 12 Sagittarius, Neptune 24 Gemini, Pluto 15 Gemini, Asc 26 Sagittarius, Mc 19 Libra, Moon Sextile Neptune, Moon Trine Ascendant, Mercury Square Ascendant, Mercury Square Neptune, Moon Quincunx Mercury, Sun Semi Square Venus, Sun Opposition Midheaven, Mercury Conjunct Mars, Venus Sextile Mars, Venus Quincunx Saturn, Venus Sesquiquadrate Midheaven, Mars Square Saturn, Jupiter Conjunct Uranus, Jupiter Opposition Pluto, Uranus Opposition Pluto, Neptune Opposition Ascendant, Pluto Trine Midheaven

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