Frank Austen Gooch

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Frank Austen Gooch (born May 2, 1852 in Watertown , Massachusetts , † August 12, 1929 in New Haven , Connecticut ) was an American chemist .

Gooch studied at Harvard University , graduated from AB in 1872 , became a lecturer in chemistry at the Lawrence School in 1873 and the following year assistant to Josiah Parsons Cooke at the chemical laboratory at Harvard University. In 1876 he continued his studies with the help of Parker Scholarship in Europe continue his doctorate in 1877 in Cambridge to Dr. phil. and AM and became private assistant to Oliver Wolcott Gibbs . In 1879 he was at the chemical laboratory of the newly established United States Geological Survey in Newport (Rhode Island) . In the same year he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In 1881 he became a chemist at the Northern Transcontinental Survey , which Raphael Pumpelly had founded shortly before. From 1884 he was a chemist at the Geological Survey in Washington, DC In 1879 Gooch was elected to the National Academy of Sciences and in 1907 to the American Philosophical Society .

From 1886 to 1918 he was professor of chemistry at Yale University and researched in the field of inorganic and analytical chemistry .

Works (selection)

  • Analyzes of Water of Yellowstone National Park with an account on the Methodes of Analyzes employed . Gov. Print. Office, Washington, DC 1888 (with James Edward Whitfield).
  • The direct determination of bromine in mixtures of alkaline bromides and iodides . 1890 (together with JR Ensign).
  • A method for the determination of iodine in salts . (in cooperation with Philip Embury Browning)
  • Outlines of qualitative chemical analysis . 6th edition Chapman & Hall, London 1928 (with PE Browning)
  • Two methods for the direct determination of chlorine in mixtures of alcaline chloride and iodides . Yale 1890 (with FW Mar)

literature

  • Ralph G. van Name: Biographical memoir of Frank Austen Gooch, 1852-1929 . In: National Academy of Science of the United States of America , Vol. 15 (1932), No. 3, pp. 105-135.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR by RALPH G. VAN NAME (PDF; 1.5 MB)
  2. ^ Member History: Frank Austen Gooch. American Philosophical Society, accessed August 24, 2018 (first name incorrect).
personal data
SURNAME Gooch, Frank Austen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American chemist
DATE OF BIRTH May 2, 1852
PLACE OF BIRTH Watertown, Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH August 12, 1929
Place of death New Haven (Connecticut)