Background
Wellington, Charles was born on May 4, 1853 in Limerick, Maine, United States. Son of Horace and Helen Elizabeth (Locke) Wellington.
Wellington, Charles was born on May 4, 1853 in Limerick, Maine, United States. Son of Horace and Helen Elizabeth (Locke) Wellington.
Graduate Massachusetts Agriculture College, 1873. Student of University of Virginia, 1876-1877, Leipzig, 1882-1883, Berlin, 1883 (summer), Paris, 1883 (winter), Göttingen, 1883-1885, Doctor of Philosophy, Göttingen, 1885.
Assistant chemist United States Department of Agriculture, 1877-1882. Professor of chemistry, Massachusetts Agriculture College, 1885-1923.
Married Grace Martin Huntington, July 28, 1887.