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Wilbur Scoville

American pharmacist (1865–1942)

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Born
January 22, 1865
Died
March 10, 1942
Zodiac sign
Aquarius
Birth year
1865

About Wilbur Scoville

Wilbur Lincoln Scoville was an American pharmacist best known for his creation of the "Scoville Organoleptic Test", standardized as the Scoville scale. He devised the test and scale in 1912 while working at the Parke-Davis pharmaceutical company to measure pungency, "spiciness" or "capsaicin concentration" of various chili peppers. Wilbur Lincoln Scoville (January 22, 1865 – March 10, 1942) was an American pharmacist best known for his creation of the "Scoville Organoleptic Test", standardized as the Scoville scale. Scoville wrote The Art of Compounding, which was first published in 1895 and has gone through at least 8 editions.

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Wilbur Scoville timeline

  1. Wilbur Lincoln Scoville (January 22, 1865 – March 10, 1942) was an American pharmacist best known for his creation of the "Scoville Organoleptic Test", standardized as the Scoville scale.
  2. Scoville wrote The Art of Compounding, which was first published in 1895 and has gone through at least 8 editions.

The world when Wilbur Scoville was born

Wilbur Scoville was born in 1865. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1865

  • Best-selling bookAlice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineCivil War ends — Lincoln assassinated
  • Technology milestone13th Amendment abolishes slavery
  • World population~1.45B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderAbraham Lincoln / Andrew Johnson
  • U.S. population33.5M

1865 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Wilbur Scoville's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18652026
Population33.5M341 million

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