Frank B. Colton
Frank Benjamin Colton (March 3, 1923 - November 25, 2003 ) was an American chemist .
Life
Colton immigrated to the United States at a young age. He studied chemistry at Northwestern University and the University of Chicago . In 1951 he got a job with the US company GD Searle & Company , where he worked until 1986.
In 1952 he developed the progestin norethynodrel there . This led to the development of the active ingredient Enovid for a contraceptive pill , which, however, had already been developed by Carl Djerassi and Luis E. Miramontes .
Web links
- Frank B. Colton in the National Inventors Hall of Fame
- Literature by and about Frank B. Colton in the WorldCat bibliographic database
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| SURNAME | Colton, Frank B. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Colton, Frank Benjamin (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1923 |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 25, 2003 |