Louis Olney

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Louis Atwell Olney (1875, Providence, Rhode Island, USA - 1949)[1] was a pioneering textile chemist and educator.

He was the founder and first president of the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists[2] which in 1944 established the Olney Medal, in his honor, to recognize outstanding achievements in textile or polymer chemistry or other fields of chemistry of major importance to textile science.[3]

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  • Louis Olney (1927). Elementary organic chemistry. New York: Howes. LCCN 27-011737. 
  • Louis Olney (1909). Textile chemistry and dyeing : a manual of practical instruction in the art of textile bleaching and coloring, and allied processes of treatment ; including many useful hints and recipes. Chicago: American School of Correspondence. LCCN 09-008904. 

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  1. ^ The Descendants of Thomas Olney and Marie Ashton of Providence, Rhode Island
  2. ^ Deanin, R. D., Louis Atwell Olney: Pioneering Textile Educator and Founder of the AATCC, in Seymour, Raymond B. and Porter, Roger S., Manmade Fibres, Kluwer Academic Publishers Group, 1993, ISBN 1851668888
  3. ^ Third UGA family and consumer sciences researcher receives textile chemistry's highest award