ACS President: George C. Caldwell (1834-1907)

Served as President: 1892

One of the leading nineteenth century agricultural chemists in America

Education:

  • Ph.D., 1857, University of Goettingen, Chemistry

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Did You Know

. . . that he was the first faculty member in crop and soil sciences at Cornell University?

. . . that he wrote the first book in English on agricultural chemical analysis (1869)?

Former ACS President George C. Caldwell