Payne, Virgil Francis, 1893-

Virgil Francis Payne was born in 1893 near Fulton, MO. He served as head of the Chemistry Department at Transylvania College, where he first became acquainted with the letters and papers of Robert Peter, an illustrious forebear at Transylvania. From 1942 to 1957 he was an employee of the U.S. Signal Corps, working out of their Fort Monmouth laboratories in New Jersey. Upon retirement he returned to teaching at Monmouth County Community College and became active in the affairs of the ACS Division on the History of Chemistry. He served as the division chair in 1960-1961.

From the description of Papers of Virgil Payne, (bulk 1927-1960) (Chemical Heritage Foundation). WorldCat record id: 71147604

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Dr. Payne was head of the chemistry department at Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky., 1923-1942. He delivered papers on Dr. Robert Peter and Dr. Samuel Brown, to the Division of History of Chemistry of the American Chemical Society. Both Peter and Brown were members of the medical department faculty at Transylvania in the early nineteenth century. Peter also served on the faculty of the Kentucky School of Medicine in Louisville and as a chemistry professor at Kentucky University (later the University of Kentucky).

From the description of Virgil Francis Payne papers, 1828-1950 1838-1888 (bulk dates). (University of Kentucky Libraries). WorldCat record id: 16392326