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Wilbur Scoville | |
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 Scoville in 1910 | |
| Born | January 22, 1865 Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | March 10, 1942 (aged 77) Gainesville, Florida, U.S. |
| Nationality |  United States |
| Occupation | Pharmacist |
Wilbur Lincoln Scoville (January 22, 1865 – March 10, 1942) was an American pharmacist best known for his creation of the "Scoville Organoleptic Test", now 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.