Background
Sanger, Charles Robert was born on August 31, 1860 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George Partridge and Elizabeth Sherburne (Thompson) Sanger.
Sanger, Charles Robert was born on August 31, 1860 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George Partridge and Elizabeth Sherburne (Thompson) Sanger.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1881, Master of Arts, cum laude, 1882, Master of Arts, and Doctor of Philosophy, 1884.
Assistant in chemistry, Harvard University, 1881-1882, 1884-1886. Professor of chemistry, United States Naval Academy, 1886-1892, Washington University, Saint Louis, 1892-1899. Assistant professor of chemistry, 1899-1903, professor and director chemical laboratory, September 1, since 1903, Harvard University.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences.
Married Almira Starkweather Horswell, December 21, 1886 (died 1905). Married second, Eleanor Whitney Davis, May 2, 1910.