Anacleto del Rosario, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Anacleto del Rosario

chemist

Date of Birth: 13-Jul-1860

Date of Death: 02-May-1895

Profession: chemist

Nationality: Philippines

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Anacleto del Rosario

  • Anacleto del Rosario (13 July 1860, Santa Cruz, Manila – 2 May 1895) was a leading chemist in the Philippines during the Spanish era in Philippine history.
  • Regarded as the "Father of Philippine Science and Laboratory", del Rosario invented the formula for producing a pure kind of alcohol from tuba in a nipa palm.
  • This formula won for del Rosario the first prize during the World Fair in Paris, France in 1881.
  • Del Rosario extracted castor oil from the palma christi, literally the "palm of Christ" (castor bean), a native plant in the Philippines.

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