Brackett, Richard Newman, 1863-1937

Born near Columbia, S.C. in 1863; Attended private schools in Charleston; 1883 AB Davidson College; 1887 Ph. D. Johns Hopkins (Chemistry, mineralogy, dynamics geology and microscopic petrography); Worked four years as chief chemist to Geologic Survey of Arkansas; 1891-1937 Clemson Agricultural College, 1st faculty, 22 years as professor & director of chemistry department and chief chemist of the fertilizer dept. 1911-1933; 1889 married Bessie Brandon Craig, 3 children; professionally active in American Association for Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society, and Association of official Agricultural chemists. He died November 27, 1937.