James Cutbush

James Cutbush (* 1788 in Philadelphia ; † December 15, 1823 in West Point (New York) ) was an American doctor and chemist.

In 1808 he published the series of articles Application of Chemistry to Arts and Manufacture in the journal Aurora in Philadelphia (under JC), which show his good knowledge of chemistry. In the same year he published the popular science chemistry book Useful Cabinet . He also contributed to the John Redman Coxe Medical Museum in Philadelphia and was acquainted with other local chemists such as James Woodhouse , Benjamin Smith Barton , Adam Seybert, and Robert Hare . In 1810 he became a member of a Masonic Lodge in Philadelphia. This shows his standing in Philadelphia, although less is otherwise known about his early years. In 1811 he founded the Columbian Chemical Society in Philadelphia with others and was its president. The Columbian Society also published a journal, Memoirs. The Chemical Society of Philadelphia ceased to exist after the death of James Woodhouse in 1809. In 1813 his book Philosophy of Experimental Chemistry was published . He also published in the American Journal of Science and was a pioneer in pyrotechnics in the United States with his Treatise on Pyrotechnics from 1825.

In 1814 he became Assistant Apothecary-General in the US Army, first in Philadelphia and later further north. He became Chief Medical Officer of the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1820 and, after reorganization in the Army in 1821, Assistant Surgeon and Professor of Mineralogy and Chemistry at West Point. Since 1814 he was an elected member of the American Philosophical Society .

literature

Edgar Fahs Smith : James Cutbush: an American chemist (1788–1823), Philadelphia: Lippincott 1919, Archives

Web links

Article in Appleton's Encyclopedia

Individual evidence

↑ Wyndham D. Miles: The Columbian Chemical Society, Chymia, Vol. 5, 1959, pp. 145-154. Thomas Duché Mitchell and George Ferdinand Lehman were also among the founders. It was internationally oriented. There had already been two attempts to found chemical societies in Philadelphia: in 1789 by John Penington, it only existed for one year, and in 1792 the Chemical Society of Philadelphia by John Redman Coxe and colleagues from the Medical School, it had influence beyond Philadelphia, but went after 15 years.
^ Member History: James Cutbush. American Philosophical Society, accessed July 3, 2018 .

personal data
SURNAME	Cutbush, James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American doctor and chemist
DATE OF BIRTH	1788
PLACE OF BIRTH	Philadelphia
DATE OF DEATH	December 15, 1823
Place of death	West Point (New York)

[1] Wyndham D. Miles: The Columbian Chemical Society, Chymia, Vol. 5, 1959, pp. 145-154. Thomas Duché Mitchell and George Ferdinand Lehman were also among the founders. It was internationally oriented. There had already been two attempts to found chemical societies in Philadelphia: in 1789 by John Penington, it only existed for one year, and in 1792 the Chemical Society of Philadelphia by John Redman Coxe and colleagues from the Medical School, it had influence beyond Philadelphia, but went after 15 years.

[2] Member History: James Cutbush. American Philosophical Society, accessed July 3, 2018 .