Frederick George Novy papers, 1882-1957.

University of Michigan. Department of Physics

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See the historical sketch for the Dept. of Physics (University of Michigan) Records. From the guide to the Dept. of Physics (University of Michigan) publications, 1915-ongoing, 1988-1998, (Bentley Historical Library University of Michigan) The first course in physics at the University of Michigan, entitled "Natural Philosophy," was taught in the Fall of 1843 by George Palmer Williams, Professor of Natural Philosophy and Mathematics. A Professor of Physics and Ci...

University of Michigan. Dept. of Geology.

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University of Michigan. Dept. of Chemistry.

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The University of Michigan was the second institution in the nation to offer chemistry classes. In 1839, Dr. Douglas Houghton was appointed to a combined professorship of chemistry, geology and mineralogy, although he did not actually teach chemistry. Instruction in chemistry at the university began in 1844 with the appointment of Silas H. Douglass as assistant to the professor of chemistry. For some years instruction was limited to lectures, but shortly after Henry P. Tappan became...

Calmette, Gaston, 1858-1914

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French journalist, director of Le Figaro from 1902-1914, who made this newspaper one of the most important forces in the French press. He was killed in his office by the wife of the French minister of finance, Joseph Caillaux, against whom Calmette had conducted a journalistic campaign accusing him of corruption. From the description of Gaston Calmette letters, undated. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936868 ...

Norris, Charles, 1867-1935.

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Novy, Frederick G. (Frederick George), 1864-1957

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Professor of bacteriology, director of the Hygienic Laboratory, and dean of Medical School of University of Michigan. From the description of Frederick George Novy papers, 1882-1957. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418821 Frederick G. Novy was a respected bacteriologist at the University of Michigan, serving as director of the Hygienic Laboratory and Dean of the Medical School. Novy was born December 9, 1864 in Chicago, Illinois. He g...

Ehrlich, Paul, 1854-1915

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Paul Ehrlich was a scientist and the winner of the 1908 Nobel Prize Physiology or Medicine. From the description of [Letter c.1906, Frankfurt, to] Moizia / P[aul] E[hrlich]. (University of Missouri -- Columbia. Health Sciences Library). WorldCat record id: 164437908 Rufus Ivory Cole served as the the director and physician-in-charge (1909-1937) of the Hospital of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, the first hospital in the United States devoted primarily to the ...

Langley, John Williams, 1841-1918.

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Professor of chemistry at University of Michigan and Case Institute. From the description of John Williams Langley papers, 1871-1917. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419228 ...

Fraenkel, Karl, 1861-1916.

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Marshall, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1866-1927

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University of Michigan.

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Outside of museum holdings, no comprehensive survey and inventory of campus artwork had been attempted since 1937. With support from the Michigan Commission on Art in Public Places, 1,076 items were inventoried during 1988-1990. Additional inventory work was undertaken in 1997-1998 for risk management purposed, but generated little new information. From the description of Inventory of University of Michigan-owned art, 1988-1990, 1997-1998. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id...

Prescott, A. B. (Albert Benjamin), 1832-1905

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Professor of chemistry at the University of Michigan. From the description of A.B. Prescott papers, 1865-1877 (scattered dates). (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418885 ...

Ashford, Bailey K. (Bailey Kelly), 1873-1934

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Winchell, Alexander, 1824-1891

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The Michigan Geological Survey was created by Public Act 20 of 1837. Its purpose was to conduct a geological and mineralogical survey of the state. The state legislature appointed Douglass Houghton the first state geologist (1837). In 1921, the state legislature established the Department of Conservation, and the Michigan Geological Survey became part of that department (Public Act 17 of 1921). The Department of Conservation established the Geological Survey Division circa 1947. In 1968, the dep...

Johnson, Otis Coe, 1839-1912

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Greene, Albert Emerson, 1872-

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Koch, Robert, 1843-1910

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Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch (b. 11 December 1843, Clausthal, Kingdom of Hanover – d. 27 May 1910, Baden Baden, Germany), physician and microbiologist. As one of the main founders of modern bacteriology, he identified the specific causative agents of tuberculosis, cholera, and anthrax but also gave experimental support for the concept of infectious disease, which included experiments on humans and other animals. Koch created and improved laboratory technologies and techniques in the field of mic...

Breakey, William Flemming, 1835-1915.

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McKinley, Earl B. (Earl Baldwin), 1894-1938

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Earl B. McKinley, 1894-1938, was Professor of Bacteriology and Dean of George Washington University School of Medicine. Colonel Bailey K. Ashford, 1873-1934, graduate from Georgetown University Medical School in 1896. He then entered on a career in the U.S. Army Medical Corps. While stationed in Puerto Rico, Ashford was the first to describe and successfully treat North American hookworm in 1899. He was a founding member of the Puerto Rico Anemia Commission in 1904 and a founder of the School of...

Jordan, Edwin O. (Edwin Oakes), 1866-1936

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Bacteriologist. B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1888. From the description of Papers, 1888-1936 (inclusive). (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 52248229 Edwin Oakes Jordan was born July 28, 1866, in Thomaston, Maine. His interest in bacteriology grew from his studies with William Thompson Sedgwick at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he received a B.S. degree in 1888. Although the work of Pasteur and Koch was well kn...

University of Michigan. Hygienic Laboratory.

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Sewall, Henry, 1855-1936

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Behrens, Charles August, 1885-1950.

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Bruce, David, Sir, 1855-1931

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Pettee, William Henry, 1838-1904

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William Henry Pettee (1838-1904), geologist and professor of mining engineering, studied at Lawrence Scientific School (later part of Harvard University) and continued his studies at the Royal Mining Academy in Freiberg from 1865-68. During the summer of 1869 he went with Josiah D. Whitney as part of the South Park Topographical Expedition to do field work in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, and he also accompanied Whitney on the California State Geological Survey in 1870-71. From th...

University of Michigan. Medical School

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See the historical sketch in the finding aid for the Medical School (University of Michigan) Records. From the guide to the Medical School (University of Michigan) publications, 1849-1999, (Bentley Historical Library University of Michigan) While the University of Michigan's charters of 1817 and 1837 both called for the inclusion of medical education within the curriculum, no action was taken to carry out this mandate until 1848. On January 19 of that year the r...

DeKruif, Paul, 1890-1971

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University of Michigan. Pasteur Institute.

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Nicolle, Charles, 1866-1936

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Kahn, Reuben L. (Reuben Leon), 1887-1979

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Professor of bacteriology and serology at University of Michigan, and developer of the precipitation test for syphilis. From the description of Reuben L. Kahn papers, 1915-1979. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34423278 Dr. Reuben L. Kahn, professor of bacteriology and serology at the University of Michigan from 1928 to 1956, is best known for developing the Kahn precipitation test for syphilis. However, Kahn, who remained an active researcher until...