Wiley, Harvey Washington, 1844-1930

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Dates:
Birth 1844-10-30
Death 1930-06-30

Biographical notes:

Chemist, educator, lecturer, and author.

From the description of Harvey Washington Wiley papers, 1854-1954 (1860-1930). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82194693

Biographical Note

1844, Oct. 18 Born near Kent, Ind. 1863 Student, Hanover College, Hanover, Ind. 1864 United States Army; member of Company I, 137th Indian Volunteers 1867 A.B., Hanover College, Hanover, Ind. 1870 Professor of Latin and Greek, Butler College, Indianapolis, Ind., while a student at the Medical College of Indiana, Indianapolis, Ind. M.A., Hanover College, Hanover, Ind. 1871 Science teacher, Indianapolis High School and Medical College of Indiana, Indianapolis, Ind. 1872 Student, Lawrence Scientific School, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 1873 B.S., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 1873 1874 Professor of chemistry, Butler College and Medical College of Indiana, Indianapolis, Ind. 1874 1883 Professor of chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind., and state chemist of Indiana 1878 Student in Germany; studying food adulteration 1883 1912 Chief chemist, Department of Agriculture 1886 President, Association of Official Agricultural Chemists 1891 Published Song Book. Association of Official Agricultural Chemists 1893 1894 President, American Chemical Society. 1894 1897 Published Principles and Practice of Agricultural Analysis. Easton, Pa.: Chemical publishing co (3 vols.) 1899 1914 Professor of agricultural chemistry, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 1900 Representative of Department of Agriculture, World Exposition in Paris, France 1901 President, Indiana Academy of Sciences 1905 Consulting professor, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1906 Prominent in securing passage by Congress of Food and Drugs Act 1908 Honorary president, First International Congress for the Repression of Adulteration of Food and Drug Products, Geneva, Switzerland 1910 1920 President, United States Pharmacopeia Revision Committee 1910 1911 President, American Therapeutic Society 1911 Married Anna Campbell Kelton (died 1964) 1912 Vindicated himself against charges of maladministration Retired from Department of Agriculture 1912 1917 Redpath Chautauqua lecturer 1912 1930 Director, Good Housekeeping Institute Bureau of Food Sanitation, and Health, New York, N.Y. 1914 Published 1001 Tests of Foods, Beverages and Toilet Accessories. New York: Hearst's International Library Co. 1915 Published The Lure of the Land; Farming after Fifty. New York: Century Co. 1916 Published Not by Bread Alone. New York: Hearst's International Library Co. Published Health Reader-Physiology, Hygiene. Chicago, New York: Rand, McNally & Co. 1917 Published Wiley Health Series, Books One, Two, and Three Published Foods and Their Adulteration. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son & Co. 1919 Published Beverages and Their Adulteration. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son 1929 Published History of a Crime against the Food Law. [New York]: Arno Press 1930 Published Harvey W. Wiley, an Autobiography. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co. 1930, June 30 Died, Washington, D.C.

From the guide to the Harvey Washington Wiley Papers, 1854-1954, (bulk 1860-1930), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Subjects:

  • Chautauquas
  • Chautauquas
  • Drugs
  • Drugs
  • Food
  • Food adulteration and inspection
  • Food adulteration and inspection
  • Food law and legislation
  • Food law and legislation

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  • Authors
  • Chemists
  • Educators
  • Lecturers

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  • United States (as recorded)