Background
Steiner, Lewis Henry was born on May 4, 1827 in Frederick, Maryland, United States. Son of Christian and Rebecca (Weltzheimer) Steiner.
Steiner, Lewis Henry was born on May 4, 1827 in Frederick, Maryland, United States. Son of Christian and Rebecca (Weltzheimer) Steiner.
Graduate Marshall College, Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, 1846. Doctor of Medicine, University Pennsylvania, 1849.
Professor chemistry, natural history Columbian College, Washington, District of Columbia. Professor of chemistry, pharmacy National Medical College, Washington, 1853-1855. Lecturer on chemistry, physics College of St. James, Hagerstown, Maryland., 1854-1859.
Lecturer on applied chemistry Maryland. Institute, 1855, 56; a reorganizer Maryland College Pharmacy, 1856. professor of chemistry, 1856-1861. Assistant editor American Medical Monthly, New York City, 1859-1861.
Served with United States Sanitary Commission in Civil War. Chief of sanitation Army of Potomac, 1863-1864. President Frederick County School Board, 1865, aided in providing school facilities for Negro children.
Member Maryland. Senate (Republican), 1871-1883. Political editor Frederick Examiner, 1873-1884. Librarian Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, 1886-1892.
Member Potomac Synod of Reformed Church. Member Maryland. Academy Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science, a founder American Academy Medicine, 1876, president, 1878. Author: translations from the German of a number of children’s stories, including Adventures of Leo Rembrandt, 1869.
Outlines of Chemical Analysis (Heinrich Will). Collaborator (on hymn book) Cantate Domino, 1859.
Member Maryland. Senate (Republican), 1871-1883. Member Potomac Synod of Reformed Church. Member Maryland. Academy Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science, a founder American Academy Medicine, 1876, president, 1878.
Married Sarah Smyth, October 30, 1866, 6 children including Bernard Christian.