History of Chickasaw County Mississippi United States of America

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Henry Hill Harrington Biography

Henry Hill Harrington, educator, was born in Chickasaw county, Miss., Dec. 14, 1859; son of John T. and Margaret W. (Belk) Harrington; grandson of James and Sallie Harrington, and of Willam and Nancy Belk, and a descendant of Charles Harrington. He was graduated from the Agricultural and Mechanical college of Mississippi, A.B., 1883, A.M., 1885; and was engaged in special chemical investigations before graduating, in the Michigan Agricultural and Mechanical college, 1882. He was assistant professor of chemistry and physics in the Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical college, 1882-88. He studied in the Connecticut experiment station at New Haven, Conn., in 1885, and at the Rensselaer polytechnic institute in 1888. He was elected professor of chemistry and mineralogy at the Agricultural and Mechanical college of Texas, and chemist of the Texas-United States experiment station in 1888. He was vice president of the Texas academy of science in 1899. He is the author of numerous papers on economic agriculture, and of a bulletin of the Texas geological survey on the Soils and Water of West Texas.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

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