Person:Thomas Midgley (9)

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Thomas Midgley, Jr.
b.18 May 1889 Beaver Falls, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States
d.2 Nov 1944 Worthington, Franklin, Ohio, United States
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  1. Thomas Midgley, Jr.1889 - 1944
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Name[1] Thomas Midgley, Jr.
Alt Name[1] Midge Midgley
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 18 May 1889 Beaver Falls, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States
Occupation[1] From 1911 Dayton (township), Montgomery, Ohio, United StatesInventor, National Cash Register (NCR)
Occupation[1] From 1911 Dayton (township), Montgomery, Ohio, United Stateschemist
Occupation[1] 1920 Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United Statesdiscoverer of tetraethyl lead to stop knocking gasoline in engines
Education[1] Ithaca (town), Tompkins, New York, United Statesmechanical engineer, Cornell College
Occupation[1] Dayton (township), Montgomery, Ohio, United StatesDelco Light Company
Occupation[1] Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United StatesVice president of the Ethyl Gasoline Co.
Death[1][2] 2 Nov 1944 Worthington, Franklin, Ohio, United StatesWilson Bridge Road (Sharon Township)
Cause of Death[1][2] 2 Nov 1944 Worthington, Franklin, Ohio, United Statessuffocation by strangulation. Death certificate says suicide, DDN article says it was an accident. He had polio and was bedridden (DDN).
Burial[2] 6 Nov 1944 Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States
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  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Dayton Daily News. (Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States)
    10 Mar 1961.

    ti: Our Own Hall of Fame, Thomas Midgley, Jr. Worked with Kettering. Midgley Boon to Mankind But One Invention Fatal
    au: Mary Ellen Lynch

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 State of Ohio, Bureau of Vital Statistics. Ohio Deaths 1908-1953. (Ohio, United States: Intellectual Reserve, Inc.).

    Name: Thomas Midgley
    Titles and Terms:
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 02 Nov 1944
    Event Place: Sharon Twp., Franklin, Ohio
    Residence Place: Sharon Twp. Franklin, Ohio
    Address: Wilson Bridge Rd.
    Gender: Male
    Age: 55
    Marital Status: Unknown
    Race: White
    Occupation: Chemist
    Birth Date: 18 May 1889
    Birthplace: Beaver Falls, Pa.
    Birth Year (Estimated): 1889
    Burial Date: 06 Nov 1944
    Burial Place: Columbus, Ohio
    Cemetery: Green Lawn
    Father's Name: Thomas Midgley Sr.
    Father's Titles and Terms:
    Father's Birthplace:
    Mother's Name: Hattie
    Mother's Titles and Terms:
    Mother's Birthplace:
    Spouse's Name: Carrie Midgley
    Spouse's Titles and Terms:
    File Number: fn 68074
    GS Film number: 2032409
    Digital Folder Number: 004057847
    Image Number: 00339

  3.   Dayton Daily News. (Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States)
    20 Jul 2003.

    Author: Benjamin Kline
    ti: Dayton Once a Hotbed for Patents - Book details hometown inventions

    article announcing the book "Dayton Inventions: Fact and fiction" by Curt Dalton


    * Ethyl leaded gasoline, Thomas Midgley , 1921. First sold by Refiners Oil Co. in 1923.
    * Freon coolant, Midgley , Dec. 31, 1928.

  4.   Dayton Daily News. (Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States)
    C7, 27 Oct 2002.

    title: Led Industries Association Misled Public about Lead's Health Hazards, Book Alleges
    Author: Jeff Nesmith
    Article about the book "Deceit and Denial: The Deadly Politics of Industrial Pollution" by Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner. How much did Thomas Midgley, Jr. know about the negative effects of lead?

  5.   Dayton Daily News. (Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States)
    18 Jul 1999.

    Title: New Steps on Walk of Fame - This year's inductees are diverse group of Miami Valley achievers
    Author: Tom Hopkins

    Midgley was a 1998 inductee.

  6.   Dayton Daily News. (Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States)
    18 Jul 1998.

    Educator Shines in Spotlight - Evangeline Lindsley, 101, charmed the crowd during the induction ceremony on Friday.
    Author: Angela Townsend
    Midgley was inducted into the Dayton Walk of Fame.

  7.   Dayton Daily News. (Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States)
    B1, 10 Jun 1996.

    Scientific First: Dayton First Honored as Part of Bicentennial
    Author: Jim Babcock

    Exhibit called "Thomas Midgley and the Discovery of Chlorofluorocarbons" goes on permanent display in the Oscar Boonshoft Science Center.

  8.   Dayton Daily News. (Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States)
    A8, 30 Jul 1993.

    Two letters to the editor about Thomas Midgley and CFCs.

  9.   Dayton Daily News. (Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States)
    A6, 26 Jul 1993.

    Letter to the editor about chlorofluorocarbons and Midgley.

  10.   Dayton Daily News. (Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States)
    A1, 11 Jul 1993.

    Freon, A World-Changing 'Made in Dayton' Invention, Has Become an Ozone-Devouring Monster - Boom to Ban
    Author: Jonathan Brinckman

    Discusses and includes photograph of Thomas Midgley.

  11.   Dayton Daily News. (Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States)
    A1, 11 Jul 1993.

    Inset table titled "Thomas Midgley, Jr".
    Born: 1889, Beaver Falls, Pa.
    Education: Betts Academy, Greenwich, Conn.; Bachelor's degree, doctorate, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
    First job: "Inventions Department," National Cash Register
    Second job: Researcher for Charles F. Kettering, Delco
    Top inventions: Leaded gasoline, chlorofluorocarbons
    Died: By suicide in Worthington, Ohio, in 1944
    Caption: PHOTO: ThomasMidgley Jr.

  12.   Dayton Daily News. (Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States)
    A1, 24 Jan 1993.

    Innovation Molds History, Holds Future
    Author: Raju Narisetti

    Mentions Midgley's no-knock gasoline.

  13.   Dalton, Curt. Dayton Inventions Fact and Fiction.
    2003.

    Dayton, Ohio. Montgomery County Historical Society. Volume 1 in the series Miami Valley Legacy.

  14.   Markowitz, Gerald and David Rosner. Deceit and Denial: The Deadly Politics of Industrial Pollution
    2003.

    ISBN-10: 0520240634 | ISBN-13: 978-0520240636 0

  15.   McGrayne, Sharon Bertsch. Prometheans in the Lab: Chemistry and the Making of the Modern World
    2001.

    ISBN-10: 0071350071
    ISBN-13: 978-0071350075

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