Charles Martin Hall was an American inventor, businessman, and chemist. He is best known for his invention in 1886 of an inexpensive method for producing aluminum, which became the first metal to attain widespread use since the prehistoric... Wikipedia
Born: December 6, 1863, Thompson Township, OH
Died: December 27, 1914 (age 51 years), Daytona Beach, FL
Education: Oberlin College, University of Göttingen, and Oberlin Senior High School
Parents: Herman Bassett Hall
Award: Perkin Medal (1911)