Harmon Northrop Morse, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetHarmon Northrop Morse
American chemist
Date of Birth: 15-Oct-1848
Place of Birth: Cambridge, Vermont, United States
Date of Death: 08-Sep-1920
Profession: chemist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Harmon Northrop Morse
- Harmon Northrop Morse (October 15, 1848 – September 8, 1920) was an American chemist.
- Today he is known as the first to have synthesized paracetamol, but this substance only became widely used as a drug decades after Morse's death.
- In the first half of the 20th century he was best known for his study of osmotic pressure, for which he was awarded the Avogadro Medal in 1916.
- The Morse equation for estimating osmotic pressure is named after him.
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