Charles Martin Hall (December 6 1863 – December 27 1914) was an American inventor businessman and chemist. He is best known for his invention in 1886 of an inexpensive method for producing aluminium which became the first metal to attain widespread use since the prehistoric discovery of iron. He is also notable as the founder of ALCOA.
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