About: William Henry Perkin, Jr.

For the earlier William Henry Perkin, the father of this William Henry Perkin, see Sir William Henry Perkin William Henry Perkin, Jr. (1860-1929) was an English organic chemist who was primarily known for his groundbreaking research work on the degradation of naturally occurring organic compounds. He was the eldest son of Sir William Henry Perkin who had founded the aniline dye industry, and was born at Sudbury, England, close to his father's dyeworks at Greenford.