Birth Name: Percy Lavon Julian
Occupation: Chemist
Place Of Birth: Montgomery
Date Of Birth: April 11, 1899
Date Of Death: April 19, 1975
Cause Of Death: N/A
Ethnicity: Unknown
Nationality: American
Percy Lavon Julian was born on the 11th of April, 1899. He was popular for being a Chemist. One of the first African-Americans to receive a doctorate in chemistry who synthesized some of the earliest plant-derived medicine. He was also the African-American chemist inducted into the National Academy of Sciences.
Percy Lavon Julian was born in Montgomery. Denied a professorship due to his race, he went to work for the Glidden Company, where among his other inventions, he found a better fire retardent than plain water. Running his own company, he worked to create synthetic steroid intermediates from wild yams, dramatically lowering cost of their production.
Percy Lavon Julian was a Aries and was born in the G.I. Generation.
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Childhood
Percy Lavon Julian was born in 1890s.
Percy Lavon Julian is part of G.I. Generation also known as The Greatest Generation. This generation experienced much of their youth during the Great Depression and rapid technological innovation such as the radio and the telephone. The initials "G.I." is military terminology referring to "Government Issue" or "General Issue".
Education
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Family
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Percy Lavon Julian was born in the Year of the Pig.
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| REAL NAME: | Percy Lavon Julian |
| NICKNAME: | Percy Lavon Julian |
| RELIGION: | Unknown |
| AGE GENERATION: | G.I. Generation |
| BIRTH SIGN: | Aries |
| BIRTH DAY: | Tuesday |
| DEATH DAY: | Saturday |
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Horoscope
Zodiac Sign: Percy Lavon Julian was a Aries. People of this zodiac sign like physical challenges, taking on leadership roles, individual sports and dislike inactivity, delays, and work that doesn't use one's talents. The strengths of this sign are being courageous, determined, confident, enthusiastic, optimistic, while weaknesses can be to be impatient, moody, short-tempered, impulsive and aggressive. The greatest overall compatibility with Aries is Libra and Leo.
Chinese Zodiac: Percy Lavon Julian was born in the Year of the Dragon. People born under this sign are nice and good-mannered. They're always forgiving of other people's mistakes, which at times can translate to naivete and gullibility.
Ruling Planet: Percy Lavon Julian had a ruling planet of Mars and has a ruling planet of Mars and by astrological associations Tuesday is ruled by Mars. This planet symbolizes the principle of assertive drive and energy. People who are born with Mars as the ruling planet have huge drive, aggression and commpetitiveness.
Percy Lavon Julian’s birth sign is Aries and he had a ruling planet of Mars.
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