Wiley, Harvey Washington, 1844-1930

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)