Charles H. Warren manuscript

00-1972-128-0

Collection

Identifier: 00-1972-128-0

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Scope and Contents

The Charles H. Warren manuscript (1972-128-0) is a typescript biography of Benjamin Silliam (1779-1864) written by Charles H. Warren for Dictionary of American Biography in 1936. Benjamin Silliman was an American chemist and one of the first American professors of science. He was the first individual to distill petroleum.

Dates

created: 1936
Other: Date acquired: 12/05/1971

Creator

Warren, Charles H. (Charles Hyde), 1876-1950 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright is retained by the creator(s) of this collection for materials they have authored or otherwise produced. After the lifetime of the creator(s), copyright passes to the Litchfield Historical Society. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Biographical or Historical Information

Charles Hyde Warren was born in Watertown, Connecticut on September 27, 1876. His parents were Charles Alanson and Francis Maria (Hyde) Warren. Charles’s college preparation was received at the public schools of his native town and at the High School of Waterbury, where he graduated in 1893. He then entered the Yale Sheffield Scientific School, electing a special course in chemistry. He graduated with honors in 1896 with the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy. He then spent three years in graduate study specializing in Mineralogy, receiving the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Yale in 1899. During his time of graduate studied he held two positions. First as Assistant in Analytical Chemistry from 1896-1897, and then as Assistant in Mineralogy from 1897-1900. In 1900 Charles Hyde Warren was appointed Instructor in Mineralogy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Later, in 1904, he was promoted to be Assistant Professor. In 1909 he was again promoted to Associate Professor. And by 1912 he had became a full Professor, holding the Chair of Mineralogy in the Department of Geology and Mining at MIT. In 1922 Dr. Warren left MIT and returned to Yale as Dean of the Sheffield School of Science.

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