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Cottrell, Frederick
AMERICAN CHEMIST
1877–1948
Frederick Cottrell invented the "electrostatic precipitator," which removes pollutants from smoke.
Cottrell was born on January 10, 1877, in Oakland, California, the son of Henry and Cynthia Cottrell.
Frederick gardner cottrell biography of william
His ingenuity and interest in the applied sciences were demonstrated early on. At the age of thirteen, he ran his own printing business with a handpress in the basement of his home, publishing, among other works, a four-page technical magazine, Boy's Workshop. He also earned money from odd jobs as an electrician and landscape photographer.
After graduating from Oakland High School, Cottrell attended the University of California at Berkeley.
He graduated at the age of nineteen in 1896 with a B.S. in chemistry. He taught high school chemistry for four years and then traveled to Germany, where he earned a doctorate in physical chemistry at the University of Leipzig in 1902.
He returned to a teaching appointment at Berkeley, but