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Henry Gilman
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<p>Henry Gilman <a href="/facts/Foreign_Member_of_the_Royal_Society/cWs8TdC5">ForMemRS</a> (May 9, 1893 – November 7, 1986) was an American <a href="/facts/Organic_chemist/djxhxaNg">organic chemist</a> known as the father of <a href="/facts/Organometallic_chemistry/bhqFz2P0">organometallic chemistry</a>. He discovered the <a href="/facts/Gilman_reagent/HkQaY6Ps">Gilman reagent</a>, which bears his name. </p>