Linn Enslow
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Linn Harrison Enslow (February 26, 1891 – November 3, 1957) was an American sanitary engineer and chemist, most famous for his work with Abel Wolman developing chlorination systems in Baltimore.
February 26, 1891
Linn Enslow | |
|---|---|
| Born | Linn Harrison Enslow February 26, 1891 |
| Died | (aged 66) Dublin, Virginia, US |
| Alma mater | Johns Hopkins University |
| Known for | with Abel Wolman, standardized the methods used to chlorinate drinking water |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | sanitary engineering, chemistry |
Life
Enslow was born in Richmond, Virginia, to Linn Bliss Enslow and Marie (née Harrison) Enslow, the eldest of six children.
He died of a heart attack on his farm in Dublin, Virginia in 1957; at the time, he resided in Queens, New York, and was working as editor of the magazine Water and Sewage Works.[1] He was buried in New Dublin Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Dublin, Virginia.
Work
While studying chemistry at Johns Hopkins, he met Abel Wolman; together, the two devised a formula to appropriately chlorinate drinking water, depending on factors such as acidity. Between the time of discovery in 1919 and 1941, eighty-five percent of American water systems were using chlorination.[2]
