History of Doylestown, (Franklin County) Pennsylvania United States of America

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Edward Hart, chemist, was born in Doylestown, Pa., Nov. 18, 1854; son of George and Martha (Longstreth) Hart, and a descendant of Samuel Hart, who is believed to have come from Belfast, Ireland, to Bucks county, Pa., and two of whose sons were colonels in the Revolutionary army. Edward Hart received his preparatory education at Doylestown and took a special course in chemistry with Prof. Thomas M. Drown in Philadelphia and as a fellow of Johns Hopkins university, 1876-78. He was an assistant in laboratories at Lafayette under Professor Drown, 1874-75; tutor in chemistry. 1875-76; adjunct professor of general chemistry there, 1878-81; adjunct professor of chemistry, 1881-82, and was elected to the William Adamson chair of analytical chemistry in 1882. He was made a member of the American chemical society and served as editor of its Journal after 1893, as a member of the council and on important committees; was elected a member of the American institute of mining engineers in 1881; a fellow of the American association for the advancement of science, 1885, and vice-president of section C in 1893 and editor of the Journal of Analytical Chemistry. He became president of the Baker & Adamson Chemical Co., for which company he invented a hydrofluoric acid bottle, awarded the John Scott Legacy medal and premium by the Franklin institute, a nitric acid condenser, and numerous improvements in manufacturing processes. He received the degree of Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins in 1879. He is the author of Handbook of Volumetric Analysis, Laboratory Exercises for Beginners in Chemistry, and articles in scientific journals.

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

History of Doylestown, (Franklin County) Pennsylvania

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