Harvey Washington Wiley (October 18, 1844 – June 30, 1930) was an American chemist who fought for the passage of the landmark Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 and subsequently worked at the Good Housekeeping Institute laboratories. He was the first commissioner of the United States Food and Drug Administration. Wiley was awarded the Elliott Cresson Medal of the Franklin Institute in 1910.
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30 October 1844 Kent, Jefferson County, Indiana
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Died |
30 June 1930 (aged 85) Washington, D.C.
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Zodiac | Scorpio |
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