Henry Barker Hill
American chemist
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Henry Barker Hill (April 27, 1849 – April 6, 1903) was an American chemist and director of the Chemistry Laboratory at Harvard University.
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| Born | April 27, 1849 Waltham, Massachusetts |
| Died | April 6, 1903 (aged 53) Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts |
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Academic advisors | Josiah Parsons Cooke |
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Biography
Henry Barker Hill was born in Waltham, Massachusetts on April 27, 1849, the son of the Reverend Thomas Hill, president of Antioch College and Harvard.[1]
He graduated from Harvard in 1869, then studied in Berlin under A. W. Hofmann. Upon his return, he became assistant in chemistry at Harvard, working alongside Charles Loring Jackson under professor Josiah Parsons Cooke. Hill became assistant professor in 1874 and full professor in 1884. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[2]
He died at his home in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts on April 6, 1903.[3]
