Norbert Rillieux

Norbert Rillieux
Born(1806-03-17)March 17, 1806
New Orleans, Territory of Orleans
DiedOctober 8, 1894(1894-10-08) (aged 88)
Paris, France
NationalityAmerican and French
Alma materÉcole Centrale Paris
OccupationEngineer

Norbert Rillieux (March 17, 1806 – October 8, 1894) was a Louisiana Creole inventor who was widely considered one of the earliest chemical engineers and noted for his pioneering invention of the multiple-effect evaporator. This invention was an important development in the growth of the sugar industry. Rillieux, a French-speaking Creole,[1] was a cousin of the painter Edgar Degas.

  1. ^ Shirley Elizabeth Thompson, Exiles at Home: The Struggle to Become American in Creole New Orleans, Harvard University Press, 2009, pg. 169