Wilbur Scoville Wilbur Scoville 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 "heat", of various chili peppers. Scoville was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He married Cora B. Upham on September 1, 1891 in Wollaston (Quincy, Massachusetts). They had two children: Amy Augusta, born August 21, 1892 and Ruth Upham, born October 21, 1897. Scoville wrote "The Art of Compounding", which
Scoville Jenkins lost to Luis Horna in the first round in four sets. Jenkins lost to Kevin Kim in the 2009 BNP Paribas Open. Scoville came through qualifying at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship, where he beat Donald Young in the final round. He then routed Alexander Peya to reach the second round. He then fell to semifinalist Björn Phau in straight sets. At the French Open, Scoville was defeated in the first round of qualifying by Sergei Bubka 7–6(5), 4–6, 6–4. In August 2010, Jenkins retired from professional tennis and joined the staff at Kennesaw State University as a men's