Background
Nelson, Elnathan Kemper was born on November 25, 1870 in Cincinnati. Son of Henry Francis and Maria Louisa (Davis) Nelson.
Nelson, Elnathan Kemper was born on November 25, 1870 in Cincinnati. Son of Henry Francis and Maria Louisa (Davis) Nelson.
Bachelor of Science in chemistry, University of Illinois, 1894.
Served as chief chemist, Swift & Company, Chicago, 1895-1902. With Joslin, Schmidt & Company, chemical engineers, Cincinnati, 1902-1903. Chemist, Nelson Morris & Company, Chicago, 1903-1904.
In business on own account, 1904-1907.
Assistant chemist, 1908-1912, chief essential oils laboratory, drug division, 1912-1927, senior chemist division of food research, since 1927, United States Bureau of Chemistry and Soils. Researches on composition of essential oils and chemical constitution of their constituents, also analytical work on oils and pharmaceutical preparations containing them, and their derivatives, et cetera
Served as chief chemist, Swift & Company, Chicago, 1895-1902.
Married Tuley C. Wetzel, April. Married second, Blanche Kennon Parker, November 17, 1931. Children: Elnathan Kemper, Berkeley Everett.