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murray raney

murray raney -lrb- october 14 , 1885 -- march 3 , 1966 -rrb- was an american mechanical engineer born in carrollton , kentucky .
he was the developer of a nickel catalyst that became known as raney nickel , which is often used in industrial processes and scientific research for the hydrogenation of multiple covalent bonds present in molecules .
