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Chester was the son of Albert Tracey and Elizabeth (Stanley) Chester of Connecticut.
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Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science.
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Chester was a graduate of the Columbia School of Mines with an Mechanical Engineering (1868) and a Doctor of Philosophy (1876). Professionally, he was a mining engineer and a professor of chemistry, mineralogy, and metallurgy for Hamilton College and Rutgers College. He completed an exploration of the Mesabi and Vermilion Iron Ranges for the Minnesota Iron Company in 1875, and his observations were published in the Eleventh Annual Report of the Minnesota Geological Survey in 1882.
The Iron Region of Northern Minnesota" in Annual Report of the Minnesota Geological Survey, Number.
11 (1884), 154-167
A Catalogue of Minerals Alphabetically Arranged, With Their Chemical Compositions and Synonyms (New York,1897)
A Dictionary of the Names of Minerals, (New York, 1896). Chester Peak, a mountain in the Sawtooth Range of northeastern Minnesota, was named in his honor.
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American