Editing Norbert Rillieux (section)

{{Short description|American inventor, engineer (1806–1894)}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Norbert Rillieux
| image              = NorbertRillieux.jpg
| caption            = 
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1806|3|17|mf=y}}
| birth_place        = [[New Orleans]], [[Territory of Orleans]]
| death_date         = {{death date and age|1894|10|8|1806|3|17|mf=y}}
| death_place        = [[Paris]], [[French Third Republic|France]]
| occupation         = [[Engineer]]
| alma_mater         = [[École Centrale Paris]]
| spouse             = Emily Cuckow
| parents            = 
| children           = 
}}
'''Norbert Rillieux''' (March 17, 1806 &ndash; October 8, 1894) was a [[Louisiana Creole people|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,<ref>Shirley Elizabeth Thompson, ''Exiles at Home: The Struggle to Become American in Creole New Orleans,'' Harvard University Press, 2009, pg. 169</ref> was a cousin of the painter [[Edgar Degas]].