Albert Benjamin Prescott

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Albert Benjamin Prescott (ca.1902)

Albert Benjamin Prescott (born December 12, 1832 in Hastings , New York - † February 25, 1905 ) was an American chemist .

Life

Prescott graduated from the University of Michigan with an MD (MD) in 1864. In the same year he volunteered as a military surgeon in the Civil War . In 1865 he became Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the University of Michigan, in 1870 Dean of the School of Pharmacy and in 1884 Director of the Chemical Laboratory, which he remained until his death.

He has published books on analytical chemistry and the chemistry of alcoholic beverages.

In 1886 he was president of the American Chemical Society , in 1891 he was president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and in 1900 of the American Pharmacists Association.

Fonts

  • with SH Douglas: Qualitative Chemical Analysis: a guide to the practical study of chemistry and in the work of analysis, Ann Arbor 1874, 5th edition 1901
  • Chemistry of Alcoholic Liquors. A manual of the constituents of the distilled spirits and fomented liquors of commerce, and their qualitative and quantitative determination, D. Van Nostrand, 1875
  • Outlines of Proximate Organic Analysis. For the identification separation, and quantitative determination of the more commonly occurring organic compounds, D. Van Nostrand, 1875, 2nd edition 1877
  • First Book in Qualitative Chemistry, Van Nostrand 1879, 11th edition 1902
  • Organic Analysis: a manual of the descriptive and analytical chemistry of certain carbon compounds in common use. For the qualitative and quantitative analysis of organic materials; commercial and pharmaceutical assays; the estimation of impurities under authorized standards; forensic examination for poisons; and elementary organic analysis, D. Van Nostrand, 1887, 2nd edition 1889

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SURNAME Prescott, Albert Benjamin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American chemist
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1832
PLACE OF BIRTH Hastings , New York
DATE OF DEATH February 25, 1905