George Frederick Barker
George Frederick Barker (born July 14, 1835 in Charlestown (Massachusetts) , † May 24, 1910 in Philadelphia ) was an American chemist .
He studied at and graduated from Sheffield Scientific School. He then studied at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., Graduated in 1858 with a Ph.B. and was initially assistant to Benjamin Silliman . In 1859 he went to Harvard Medical School in Boston and in 1861 as a science teacher at Wheaton College . In 1862 he became Professor of Chemistry at Medical College in Albany, NY and Professor of Science at Western University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1862. In 1866 he became a demonstrator and the following year professor of physiological chemistry and toxicology at Yale University in New Haven. From 1873 he was professor of physics at the University of Philadelphia. In 1873 he was elected to the American Philosophical Society and in 1876 to the National Academy of Sciences . In 1881 he was the US envoy to the electricity exhibition in Paris . In 1900 he retired .
In addition to numerous honorary doctorates , he became a Sc.Dhc at the University of Pennsylvania and a member of the Legion of Honor of France in 1898 . From 1868 to 1900 he was Associate Editor of the American Journal of Science and Editor of the Journal of the Franklin Institution.
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- Biography in Report of the National Academy of Sciences , p. 24
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| SURNAME | Barker, George Frederick |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 14, 1835 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Charlestown, Massachusetts , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 24, 1910 |
| Place of death | Philadelphia |