Background
Rockwood, Elbert William was born on July 4, 1860 in Franklin, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William and Laura Matilda (Blake) Rockwood.
Rockwood, Elbert William was born on July 4, 1860 in Franklin, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William and Laura Matilda (Blake) Rockwood.
Bachelor of Science, Amherst, 1884, Master of Arts, 1901. Student of University of Göttingen, 1889, University of Strassburg, 1890-1891, University of Leipzig, 1892 and 1894, University of Chicago, 1893. Doctor of Medicine State University of Iowa, 1895.
Doctor of Philosophy, Yale, 1904.
Assistant in chemistry, Wesleyan, 1884-1886. Instructor chemistry, Cornell, 1886-1887. Chemist Hatch Experiment Station (Connecticut), 1888.
Made professor of chemistry and toxicology, 1888, head department chemistry, 1904-1920, professor of chemistry, since 1920, State University of Iowa.
Author: A Laboratory Manual of Physiological Chemistry, 1899, 5th edit, 1924. Introduction to Chemical Analysis for Medical Students, 1901.
Home: Iowa City, Iowa.
Married Laura Clarke, March 21, 1894. Married second, Lillian Gertrude Smith, of Somerville, Massachusetts, January 1, 1925. Children: Paul Reed, Alan Clarke.