Hillebrand, William Francis

William Francis Hillebrand, 1853-1925. Chemist with the U. S. Geological Survey, later Chief Chemist at the Bureau of Standards. President of the American Chemical Society in 1906. Author of The Analysis of Silicate and Carbonate Rocks." He was the first to suggest the possibility of recovering potash from the fumes from cement kilns. 

William Francis Hillebrand was born in Honolulu in 1853. He studied in Heidelberg. Between 1880 and 1908 he worked as a chemist at the US Geological Survey, between 1908 and 1925 he was chief chemist of the US Bureau of Standards. He died in Washington in 1925. 

Ann. Phys.y 1876, clviii, 71 William Francis Hillebrand (Honolulu, 12 December 1853-Washington, 7 February 1925) studied with Bunsen (Ph.D. Heidelberg 1876), was chemist for the U.S. Geological Survey (1880-1908) and chief chemist for the U.S. Bureau of Standards (1908-25). He and T. H. Norton in Bunsen s laboratory prepared cerium, lanthanum, and didymium by electrolysis Ann. Phys.y 1875, civ, 683 1875, clvi, 466. 

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