Background
Phillips, William Battle was born on July 4, 1857 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. Son of Charles and Laura Caroline (Battle) Phillips.
Phillips, William Battle was born on July 4, 1857 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. Son of Charles and Laura Caroline (Battle) Phillips.
Bachelor of Arts, University of North Carolina, 1877, Doctor of Philosophy, 1883. Studied School of Mines, Freiberg, Germany.
Chemist, North Carolina Experiment Station, 1877-1882, Navassa Guano Company, 1882-1885. Professor agricultural chemistry and mineralogy, University of North Carolina, 1886-1888. Mining engineer, Birmingham, Alabama, 1888-1892.
Professor of chemistry and metallurgy, University of Alabama, 1891-1893.
Chemist, Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railway Company, Birmingham, 1894-1898. With Engineering and Mining Journal, and American Manufacturer, and Iron World, 1893 and 1897-1898.
Director University of Texas Mining Survey, 1901-1905, Bureau Economic Geology and Technology, University of Texas, 1909-1914. President Colorado School of Mines, 1914-1916.
Removed to Houston, Texas.
Mason.
Married Minerva Ruffin McNeil, October 8, 1879. Married second, Angle Isabel Miller, January 21, 1908.