William George Brown

Background

Brown, William George was born on November 5, 1853 in Neweastle-on-Tyne, England. Son of William Robert and Jane Gillie (Sanderson) Brown.

Education

Miller scholar, University of Virginia, 1875. Bachelor of Science, 1877. Morgan fellow, Harvard, 1884, University of Heidelberg, Germany, 1880-1881.

Honorary Doctor of Philisophy, University of North Carolina, 1889.

Career

Professor chemistry and instructor in geology and mineralogy, East. Tennessee University, 1877-1879. Professor general and agricultural chemistry, 1879-1880, chemistry and mineralogy, 1880-1883, University of Tennessee. Instructor chemistry, University of Virginia, 1883-1885.

Professor of chemistry and physics, South Carolina.

Military Academy, 1885-1886. Professor of chemistry, Washington and Lee University, 1886-1894.

Assistant chemist unites states department of Agriculture, 1894-1896. Professor of chemistry, since 1896, and director of laboratories, 1905-1910, professor industrial chemistry, 1910-1919, University of Missouri.

Editor University of Missouri Studies, 1904-1911.

Elected director Technology School, Newark, New Jersey, 1884 (declined). Elected Adjunct Professor agriculture, University of South Carolina., 1885 (declined).

Achievements

• William George Brown has been listed as a noteworthy chemist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of the United States Assay Commission, 1913.

Connections

Married Isabelle White, November 14, 1895.

Father:

William Robert Brown

Mother:

Jane Gillie (Sanderson) Brown

Spouse:

Isabelle White