Draper, John William

John William Draper (St. Helens, Lancs., 5 May i8ii-Hastings, U.S.A., 4 January 1882) studied chemistry in London University. In 1832 he emigrated to America. In 1836 he became M.D. of Pennsylvania and professor of chemistry and physics in Hampden-Sidney College, Virginia, in 1839 professor of chemistry and physiology in New York University, later president of the faculty of science. He was the first president, in 1876, of the American Chemical Society. He published many papers and some interesting books. He experimented on phosphorescence. ... 

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During his time in the United States, Frumkin not only gave lectures to the staff and students of the University of Wisconsin but also toured many other universities. In this way he met many important American scientists and actively discussed their work with them. For example, at the University of Chicago, he visited the Laboratory of William Draper Harkins (December 28, 1873-March 7,1951) and also met with Arthur Holly Compton (September 10, 1892-March 15, 1962). In Princeton, he discussed the polymerization of unsaturated compotmds with Hugh Stott Taylor (6 February 1890-17 April 1974) and at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, he discussed the field of electrocapillary phenomena with Karl Ferdinand Herzfeld (February 24, 1892-June 3, 1978). In Philadelphia, he was delighted to meet George Borisovich Kistyakovsky (1900-1982), a chemist with Ukrainian-Jewish roots. 

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