Background
Williams, Rufus Phillips was born on January 3, 1851 in Ashfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Freeman and Deborah (Field) Williams.
Williams, Rufus Phillips was born on January 3, 1851 in Ashfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Freeman and Deborah (Field) Williams.
Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth, 1876, Master of Arts, 1879. Studies in science, Harvard, Master of Arts, 1878.
Teacher of chemistry, English High School, Boston, since 1885. President Massachusetts State Assembly of Agassiz Association, 1891-1892. 4 years president local chapter of Agassiz Association.
President North.E. Association of Chemistry Teachers, 1900, 1901.
One of associate editors School Science, Chicago, in charge department metrology. Author: Introduction to Chemical Science, 1888.
Laboratory Manual of General Chemistry, 1889. Chemical Experiments, General and Analytical, 1895.
Laboratory Manual of Inorganic Chemistry, 1896.
Elements of Chemistry, 1897. Chemical Exercises, 1903. Essentials of Chemistry, 1910.
Wrote: (brochure) The Metric System, issued by The Decimal Association, London, England., 1900.
Married Lillian Walker, June 25, 1894.