Wilbur Scoville, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Wilbur Scoville

American pharmacist

Date of Birth: 22-Jan-1865

Place of Birth: Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States

Date of Death: 10-Mar-1942

Profession: pharmacist, chemist, pharmacologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Wilbur Lincoln Scoville (January 22, 1865 – March 10, 1942) was an American pharmacist best known for his creation of the "Scoville Organoleptic Test", now standardized as the Scoville scale. He devised the test and scale in 1912 while working at the Parke-Davis pharmaceutical company to measure pungency, "spiciness" or "heat", of various chili peppers.