Background
Albert was born on April 13, 1863 in Granville, Illinois, United States, the son of John and Elizabeth (Burcky) Schneider.
Albert was born on April 13, 1863 in Granville, Illinois, United States, the son of John and Elizabeth (Burcky) Schneider.
Schneider took the degree of Doctor of Medicine at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, in 1887. In 1894 he took the degree of Master of Science at Minnesota; in 1897 he received the degree of Doctor of philosophy.
After studies Schneider became instructor in botany at the University of Minnesota. Later he taught at Columbia University. He was professor of pharmacology and bacteriology at Northwestern University, 1897-1903; of pharmacognosy and bacteriology at the University of California, 1903-19; of pharmacology at the University of Nebraska, 1919-22; and dean of pharmacy at North Pacific College of Oregon, Portland, 1922-28.
In addition, he was director of the experiment station of the Spreckels Sugar Company, 1906-07; pharmacognosist, United States Department of Agriculture, 1909-15; and editor of the Pacific Pharmacist, 1910-15.
Apparatus and instruments of his design were to be seen in his laboratory, and he invented a ventilating system for Pullman cars. He lectured at the police schools in Berkeley, California, and Portland, Oregon, at various times.
His writings include books and articles on a wide range of subjects: bacteriology, botany, microscopy, food analysis, lichenology, toxicology, pharmacology, glandular therapy, and criminology. One of his early books was The Limitations of Learning and Other Science Papers (1900). In 1896 he produced A Compendium of General Botany, translated from the German of Maximilian Westermaier.
He was a member of the international jury of awards at the Panama Pacific International Exposition in 1915, one of a committee for the tenth revision of the United States Pharmacopoeia.
He died in Portland, Oregon.
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He was a member of the American Pharmaceutical Association and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Apart from his strictly professional work, Schneider was a man of some inventive genius.
Schneider married Marie Louise Harrington of Minneapolis, Minnesota, on June 28, 1892; they had one daughter.
