Birth Name: William Merriam Burton
Occupation: Chemist
Place Of Birth: Cleveland
Date Of Birth: November 17, 1865
Date Of Death: December 29, 1954
Cause Of Death: N/A
Ethnicity: Unknown
Nationality: American
William Merriam Burton was born on the 17th of November, 1865. He was best known for being a Chemist. Chemist whose thermal cracking process, which he invented in 1913, greatly expanded the amount of gasoline that could be obtained from raw petroleum. He was the president of Standard Oil from 1918 to 1927.
William Merriam Burton was born in Cleveland. After earning his Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins university, he went to work for Standard Oil of Indiana, where he eventually became the president. His method was employed for more than 15 years, resulting in the equivalent of a million of barrels of crude oil in extra gasoline.
William Merriam Burton was a Scorpio and was born in the G.I. Generation.
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William Merriam Burton was born in 1860s.
William Merriam Burton 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".
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William Merriam Burton was born in the Year of the Ox.
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| REAL NAME: | William Merriam Burton |
| NICKNAME: | William |
| RELIGION: | Unknown |
| AGE GENERATION: | G.I. Generation |
| BIRTH SIGN: | Scorpio |
| BIRTH DAY: | Friday |
| DEATH DAY: | Wednesday |
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Horoscope
Zodiac Sign: William Merriam Burton was a Scorpio. People of this zodiac sign like truth, being right, longtime friends, teasing, and dislike dishonesty, revealing secrets, passive people. The strengths of this sign are being resourceful, brave, passionate, a true friend, while weaknesses can be distrusting, jealous, secretive and violent. The greatest overall compatibility with Scorpio is Taurus and Cancer.
Chinese Zodiac: William Merriam Burton was born in the Year of the Dragon. People born under this sign are persistent and straightforward. They have a strong faith and can be seen as stubborn in their old ways.
Ruling Planet: William Merriam Burton had a ruling planet of Pluto and has a ruling planet of Pluto. Back the early 2,000 B.C. the outer planets, Uranus and Neptune were not yet discovered, since the telescope had not yet been invented. Astrologers and astronomers could only work with planets visible to the eye.
William Merriam Burton’s birth sign is Scorpio and he had a ruling planet of Pluto.
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