Arthur Dehon Little
Arthur Dehon Little (December 15, 1863 – August 1, 1935) was an American chemist and chemical engineer. He founded the consulting company Arthur D. Little and was instrumental in developing chemical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is credited with introducing the term unit operations to chemical engineering and promoting the concept of industrial research. Life Little was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1863 and studied chemistry at MIT from 1881 to 1884.Keyes, Frederick George, (1937) Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Vol. 71, No. 10, pp. 513–519 "Arthur Dehon Little (1863–1935)" In 1901 he married Henrietta Rogers Anthony. He died August 1, 1935, in Northeast Harbor, Maine. He was the uncle of Royal Little (1896–1989), founder and chair of Textron, and considered to be the Father of Conglomerates. Career In 1886, he joined Richmond Paper Company in East Providence, Rhode Island, as a chemist, late ...
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