James Mason Crafts (March 8, 1839 – June 20, 1917) was an American chemist, mostly known for developing the Friedel-Crafts alkylation and acylation reactions with Charles Friedel in 1876.
Author: Charles R. Cross Source: Frontispiece to Biographical Memoir of James Mason Crafts (National Academy of Sciences, USA), November, 1919 issue License: PD US