John William MALLET

October 10, 1835 (age 77)

Dublin, Ireland, United States

He received his Ph.D. from the University of Gottingen, Germany, in 1852 and graduated from Trinity College, Dublin, with an A.B. in 1853. In 1854, he came to the United States and was a professor of chemistry at Amherst College. He was an Episcopalian, and he never relinquished his British citizenship. He had three children by his marriages to Mary Elizabeth Ormond in 1857 and to Mrs. Josephine (Pages) Burthe in 1888. Mallet was a chemist in the geological survey of Alabama in 1855-1856, and he was a professor of chemistry at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa from 1855 to 1860. When the Civil War began, he enlisted in the Confederate Army as a private and was soon promoted to colonel of artillery serving on Rodes’ staff. In 1862, he was placed in charge of the ordnance labs in Richmond, whose machinery he had helped to design. Despile insufficient equipment, he made advances in artillery which were of utmost importance to the war effort. When the war ended, he moved to New Orleans and was professor of chemistry at the University of Louisiana from 1865 to 1868. From 1868 to 1908, he taught at the University of Virginia, with the exception of the years 1883-1884, which he spent at the University of Texas. Mallet was a fellow of the Royal Society of London.

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MALLET, John William was born on October 10, 1835 in Dublin, Ireland, United States. Son of Robert and Cordelia (Watson) Mallet.

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Northern university, university graduate.

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He received his Ph.D. from the University of Gottingen, Germany, in 1852 and graduated from Trinity College, Dublin, with an A.B. in 1853. In 1854, he came to the United States and was a professor of chemistry at Amherst College. He was an Episcopalian, and he never relinquished his British citizenship.

He had three children by his marriages to Mary Elizabeth Ormond in 1857 and to Mrs. Josephine (Pages) Burthe in 1888. Mallet was a chemist in the geological survey of Alabama in 1855-1856, and he was a professor of chemistry at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa from 1855 to 1860.

When the Civil War began, he enlisted in the Confederate Army as a private and was soon promoted to colonel of artillery serving on Rodes’ staff. In 1862, he was placed in charge of the ordnance labs in Richmond, whose machinery he had helped to design. Despile insufficient equipment, he made advances in artillery which were of utmost importance to the war effort.

When the war ended, he moved to New Orleans and was professor of chemistry at the University of Louisiana from 1865 to 1868. From 1868 to 1908, he taught at the University of Virginia, with the exception of the years 1883-1884, which he spent at the University of Texas. Mallet was a fellow of the Royal Society of London.

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"Peculiar institution" of slavery was not only expedient but also ordained by God and upheld in Holy Scripture.

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Stands for preserving slavery, states' rights, and political liberty for whites. Every individual state is sovereign, even to the point of secession.

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