Background
Duncan, Robert Kennedy was born on November 1, 1868 in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. Son of Robert Augustus and Susan (Hawley) Duncan.
Duncan, Robert Kennedy was born on November 1, 1868 in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. Son of Robert Augustus and Susan (Hawley) Duncan.
Brother Norman Doctorate.; Bachelor of Arts, University of Toronto (with 1st class honors in physics and chemistry), 1892. Fellow in chemistry, Clark University, 1892-1893. Graduate student in chemistry, Columbia, 1897-1898.
Of George Foster, of Brantford, Ontario, December 27, 1899. Instructor physics and chemistry, Auburn (New York) Academy High School, 1893-1895, Doctor Julius Sach’s Collegiate Institute, New York, 1895-1898, The Hill School, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, 1898-1901. Studied abroad, 1900, 03, 04, 07.
Professor of chemistry, Washington and Jefferson College, 1901-1906.
Professor industrial chemistry, University of Kansas, since 1906. Director industrial research, University of Kansas, since 1910.
Director industrial research and professor industrial chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, since 1910. Visiting lecturer, Clark University, since 1911.
Discoverer and patentee of new process for manufacturing phosphorus, of a new low-melting glass, and of processes of decorating glass.
Consultant in chemistry. Initiated in 1907 at University of Kansas a new scheme of industrial fellowships which has since grown to remarkable proportions at University of Kansas and University of Pittsburgh. Send abroad by McClure’s Magazine, summer of 1901, to study radio-activity.
By A. South. Barnes & Company, summer of 1903, for material for The New Knowledge.
By Harper’s Magazine, 1905-1906, to study relations of modern chemistry to industry. Author: The New Knowledge, 1905.
The Chemistry of Commerce, 1907. Some Chemical Problems of Today, 1911.
Married Charlotte M., daughter