Background
Palmer, Chase was born on September 19, 1856 in Saco, Maine, United States. Son of Bartlett and Elizabeth (Chase) Palmer.
Palmer, Chase was born on September 19, 1856 in Saco, Maine, United States. Son of Bartlett and Elizabeth (Chase) Palmer.
Student Princeton, 1874-1876. Bachelor of Arts, Johns Hopkins, 1879, graduate prize scholar, fellow, 1879-1882, Doctor of Philosophy, 1882.
Instructor Massachusetts Institute Technology, State Normal School (Salem, Massachusetts), and Tufts College, 1882-1888. State assayer, Massachusetts, 1885-1888. Professor of chemistry, Wabash College, 1888-1890.
Manager lead and zinc mines, Joplin, Missouri, 1890-1894.
Professor of chemistry, Du Pont Manual Training High School, Central University, and Kentucky State College, 1895-1906. Special chemist for water, 1906-1907, chemist, 1907-1919, United States Geological Survey.
Chief chemist for Southern Pacific Company, 1919-1921. Consulting chemist, San Francisco.
Married Olive Edwards, November 26, 1895.