Background
Palmer, Charles Skeele was born on August 4, 1858 in Danville, Illinois, United States. Son of Review William Randall and Clara E. (Skeele) Palmer.
Palmer, Charles Skeele was born on August 4, 1858 in Danville, Illinois, United States. Son of Review William Randall and Clara E. (Skeele) Palmer.
Bachelor of Arts, Amherst, 1879, Master of Arts, 1882. Doctor of Philisophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1886. University of Leipzig, Germany, 1892-1893.
Professor chemistry, University of Colorado, 1887-1902. President Colorado School of Mines, 1902-1903. Chief chemist Washoe Smelter, Anaconda, Montana, 1903-1904.
Associate editor Engineering and Mining Journal, 1904-1906.
Chemical engineer for large textile mills. Fellow, Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, University of Pittsburgh, November 1915-1917.
Consulting chemist United Fuel Gas Company, Charleston, West Virginia, 1920.
Mason. Defined chemical terms in Webster’s International Dictionary, 1890 edition Translated 1st edition Nernst’s “Theoretical Chemistry,” 1895. Invented, 1900, and patented, 1907, basic process for cracking oils to gasoline, sold to Standard Oil Corporation of Indiana, 1916.
Married Harriet B. Warner, September 30, 1886 (died 1932). Children: Mistress Helen WordPress Bissell, Leigh West., Mistress Winifred WordPress Bennett.