Clinton Paul Townsend

{{Short description|American chemist}}

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|birth_place = Fulton, New York, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|1931|8|3|1868|7|31|mf=y}}

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Clinton Paul Townsend (July 31, 1868 – August 3, 1931) was chemist known for the development of the Townsend cell for the chloralkali process.{{cite news | url = http://news.nnyln.net/fulton-patriot/1931/fulton-patriot-1931%20-%200268.pdf | newspaper = The Fulton Patriot | date = August 20, 1931 | title = In Memoriam Townsend | access-date = October 12, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131015063619/http://news.nnyln.net/fulton-patriot/1931/fulton-patriot-1931%20-%200268.pdf | archive-date = October 15, 2013 | url-status = dead }}{{cite book |first1=Thomas F. |last1=O'Brien |first2=Tilak V. |last2=Bommaraju |first3=Fumio |last3=Hine |doi=10.1007/0-306-48624-5_2 |isbn=0306486245 |chapter=History of the Chlor-Alkali Industry |title=Handbook of Chlor-Alkali Technology |year=2005 |page=17}}{{cite book | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=kMRPu1n6Pi4C&pg=PA1900 | title =American Plastic: A Cultural History | isbn =9780813522357 | last1 =Meikle | first1 =Jeffrey L | year =1995| publisher =Rutgers University Press }}{{cite book | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=TPwhvm4DfdwC&pg=PT26 | title =Love Canal | isbn =9781439641996 | last1 =Penelope Ploughman | first1 =PhD | date =2013-03-25| publisher =Arcadia }}