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Edward Goodrich Acheson
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<p>Edward Goodrich Acheson (March 9, 1856 – July 6, 1931) was an American <a href="/facts/Chemist/N09K7Bdm">chemist</a>. Born in <a href="/facts/Washington%2c_Pennsylvania/0SQ2hQ3Q">Washington, Pennsylvania</a>, he was the inventor of the <a href="/facts/Acheson_process/pMN95kDB">Acheson process</a>, which is still used to make <a href="/facts/Silicon_carbide/kQLVAYbr">silicon carbide</a> (carborundum). Acheson founded the Carborundum Company in 1891 and became a manufacturer of carborundum and synthetic <a href="/facts/Graphite/sSf3KMXr">graphite</a>. </p>