Thank you William H. Perkin for all you did for us!

I just saw that Google is celebrating the 180th birthday of this scientist.  Do we know whether this man who did so much for Holy Cross every received an honorary degree?  Where would we be without him?

www.independent.co.uk/news/science/sir-william-henry-perkin-purple-dye-invention-analine-chemistry-victorian-industrial-revolution-a8251391.html