Francis Louis Sperry

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Francis Louis Sperry (born October 22, 1861 in Talmadge , Ohio , † April 17, 1906 ) was an American chemist. The mineral sperrylite was named after him, which he identified in 1889 while working for the Canadian Copper Company in the Vermilion mine near Denison Township ( Greater Sudbury ). The material was discovered in 1888 by a group of miners who then sent the find to Sperry for investigation.

family

Francis Louis Sperry's parents were Ira Panel Sperry and Clarissa Carlton. He married Margaret Beaton and had two children.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sperrylite. In: mindat.org. Retrieved November 23, 2016 .
  2. ^ Vermilion Mine, Denison Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada. In: mindat.org. October 26, 2016. Retrieved November 23, 2016 .
  3. ^ DL Buchanan: Platinum Group Element Exploration . Elsevier, 2012, ISBN 978-0-444-59715-1 , pp. 8 .
  4. ^ Francis L Sperry. Retrieved November 23, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Sperry, Francis Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American chemist, namesake of the mineral sperrylite
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH Talmadge , Ohio, United States
DATE OF DEATH April 17, 1906