death_place death_date birth_place citizenship nationality field work_institutions birth_date known_for article_title name alma_mater
guilford , connecticut 02 november 1986 newcastle upon tyne united states united kingdom chemistry picatinny arsenal western cartridge company olin corporation 28 february 1891 ball propellant fred olsen
 fredrick olsen washington university in st. louis
fred olsen

fredrick olsen -lrb- 1891 -- 1986 -rrb- was a british-born american chemist remembered as the inventor of ball propellant and as a donor to the art antiquities collections of yale university , the university of illinois , and the massachusetts institute of technology .
