Background
Meade, Richard Kidder was born on November 28, 1874 in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. Son of Review Francis Alexander and Mattie (Mosby) Meade.
Meade, Richard Kidder was born on November 28, 1874 in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. Son of Review Francis Alexander and Mattie (Mosby) Meade.
Graduated from the University of Virginia, 1893. Honorary Master of Science, Lafayette College, 1908.
City editor Independent-Herald, Hinton, West Virginia, 1894. Chemist Longdale Iron Company, Allegheny Company, Virginia, 1895-1896. Assistant in chemistry, Lafayette College, 1897-1902.
Chief chemist, Edison Portland Cement Company, 1902, Northampton Portland Cement Company, 1903.
Dexter Portland Cement Company, 1904. Founder and editor The Chemical Engineer, 1904.
Director Meade Testing Laboratories, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1908-1911, general manager Tidewater Portland Cement Company, Baltimore, 1911-1912. In consulting practice, Baltimore, since 1912.
Consulting chemical engineer to many Portland cement plants.
Inventor of numerous processes and appliances of use in the Portland cement industry. Author: The Chemists’ Pocket Manual, 1900. The Chemical and Physical Examination of Portland Cement, 1901.
Portland Cement, 1906.
The Design and Equipment of Small Chemical Laboratories, 1907. Tables for Determination of Economic Minerals, 1907.
The Technical Analysis of Brass, 1911. Home: Roland Par, Maryland.
Married Fannie Louise Thomas, December 20, 1900. Children: Martha Haskins (Mistress George East. Baughman), Francis Alexander.