Background
Nef, John Ulric was born on June 14, 1862 in Herisau, Canton Appenzell, Switzerland. Son of John Ulric and Anna Katharine (Mock) Nef.
Nef, John Ulric was born on June 14, 1862 in Herisau, Canton Appenzell, Switzerland. Son of John Ulric and Anna Katharine (Mock) Nef.
His parents emigrated from Switzerland to the United States where Nef studied chemistry at Harvard University until 1884.
Upon graduation, he joined Adolf von Baeyer at the University of Munich where he received his Doctor of Philosophy in 1887. He was a Professor at Purdue University from 1887 till 1889 and at Clark University from 1889 till 1892. He spent the rest of his academic career at the University of Chicago.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences.
Married Louise Bates Comstock, May 17, 1898 (died 1909).