Percy Carlyle Gilchrist
Percy Carlyle Gilchrist (born December 27, 1851 in Lyme Regis , † December 16, 1935 ) was a British chemist and metallurgist .
Gilchrist graduated from the Royal School of Mines . He is best known for his collaboration with his cousin, the metallurgist Sidney Thomas , where both of them developed a process for dephosphorization of iron ( Thomas process ). On June 4, 1891, he became a member of the Royal Society .
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SURNAME | Gilchrist, Percy Carlyle |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Metallurgist and co-inventor of the Thomas process |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 27, 1851 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Lyme Regis |
DATE OF DEATH | December 16, 1935 |