Herbert Bemerton Battle

Background

Battle, Herbert Bemerton was born on May 29, 1862 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. Son of Kemp Plummer and Martha Ann (Battle) Battle.

Education

Brother of Thomas Hall and William James B. Bachelor of Science, University of North Carolina, 1881, Doctor of Philosophy, 1887.

Career

Assistant chemist, North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, 1881-1887. State chemist and director in charge of North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, 1887-1897. President Southern Chemical Company, Winston, North Carolina, 1897-1901.

With Southern Cotton Oil Corporation, Savannah.

Georgia, and Montgomery, Alabama, 1902-1906. President The Battle Laboratory Corporation, since 1906.

Chemist North Carolina State Board Health, 1887-1897, North Carolina Geological Survey, 1887-1892. Professor of chemistry, Leonard Medical School, 1886-1897.

Author: (with F. B. Dancy) Chemical Conversion Tables, 1885.

Chemical Conversion Tables (with West. J. Gascoyne), 1909. Home: Montgomery, Alabama

Achievements

• Herbert Bemerton Battle has been listed as a noteworthy chemist by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Alice M. Wilson, November 25, 1885. Children: Nell Lewis, James Wilson.

Father:

Kemp Plummer Battle

Mother:

Martha Ann (Battle) Battle

Spouse:

Alice M. Wilson

child:

James Wilson Battle

child:

Nell Lewis Battle