ABSTRACT
Born: September 24, 1870; Paris, France Died: May 23, 1960; St. Cloud, France Areas of Achievement: Chemistry, invention, and
technology Contribution: Claude was the first successfully to
liquefy air in quantity independent of Carl von Linde in 1902. A few years later, Claude's Liquid Air Company was separating the components of liquid air and producing high-quality oxygen. Founder of Claude Neon, he held a monopoly on the neon-tube industry in the 1920's.
