# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/warren-k-lewis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:20:47.127Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/warren-k-lewis"
name: "Warren K. Lewis"
slug: "warren-k-lewis"
description: "Warren Kendall Lewis was a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) who has been called the father of modern chemical engineering. He co-authored an early major textbook on the subject which essentially introduced the concept of unit operations. He also co-developed the Houdry process under contract to the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey into modern fluid catalytic cracking with Edwin R. Gilliland, another MIT professor."
tagline: "American chemical engineer (1882–1975)"
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birthDate: "1882-08-21"
deathDate: "1975-03-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "RISING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump