Clinton Owen Bates

Clinton Owen Bates (also CO Bates , born June 4, 1858 in Canehill , Washington County , Arkansas , United States ; † October 24, 1953 in Fullerton , Orange County , California , United States) was an American chemist .

Life

Family and education

The out of the US state situated Arkansas Unincorporated Community native Canehill Clinton Owen Bates, the son of James Francis Bates and Margarette Crawford Bates, devoted himself to the study of chemistry at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville , 1883 he obtained the degree of Bachelor of Arts . He undertook postgraduate studies at the University of Michigan in 1885 and 1886, and in the University of Chicago summer courses in 1894 and 1895.

The Presbyterian baptized Clinton Owen Bates married on June 27, 1893 , Mary Randall (1864-1953) from Cedar Rapids in the US state of Iowa . The marriage had daughters Eleanor Avery and Ruth Crawford. Bates, a Republican supporter and Rotarian , died in Fullerton in October 1953 at the age of 95. He found his final resting place next to his wife in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale , California.

Professional background

Bates took up a teaching position at Male Seminary in Tahlequah , Oklahoma , in 1883 , and left in 1885. In 1886 he was appointed principal of the high school in Owosso , Michigan . In 1889 he followed a call as Professor of Chemistry at Coe College after Cedar Rapids, in 1924 he was retired . He then worked as City Chemist for Cedar Rapids. In addition, he was employed as Chemist for Water Supply for the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway from 1900 to 1904 and as Chemist for City Water Supply for Cedar Rapids from 1906 to 1908.

Bates, one of the chemistry pioneers in the US state of Iowa, was made a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of the American Chemical Society (1908 he presided over the Iowa Section), the Iowa Academy of Science (1906 he held the position President), the American Water Works Association, and the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. In 1894 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Coe College.

Fonts

• Sedimentation in Purification of Water at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. in: Journal (American Water Works Association) Vol. 12, No. 1. The Association, Baltimore, Md., 1924, pp. 104-106.
• The Cedar River Water Supply. in: Journal (American Water Works Association) Vol. 23, No. 8. The Association, Baltimore, Md., 1924, pp. 1176-1180.

literature

• Bates Association: The Bates Bulletin. Bates Association, Scituate, Mass., 1917, p. 40.
• American Association for the Advancement of Science: Summarized Proceedings and a Directory of Members. Volume 67. The Association, Washington, 1921, p. 197.
• University of Michigan. Alumni Association: The Michigan alumnus. Volume 61. Alumni Association of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1954, p. 89.
• Who was who in America. Volume 4: 1961-1968. Marquis Who's Who, Chicago, Ill., 1968, p. 64.

Web links

• Clinton Owen Bates in the database of Find a Grave (English)