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Hoskins, William
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Personal details: 1862, Covington, KY - 1934, La Grange, Illinois photo: Education: * no formal education in chemistry; completed 2 of 3 years of high school * at age thirteen, joined the Illinois State Microscopical Society; at seventeen, the Society elected him secretary Work History: * 1880 (age seventeen) prepared chemical samples for Chicago-based consulting and analytical chemist Guy Mariner * became Mariner's partner in the firm Mariner and Hoskins * 1890 became sole proprietor * 1917 became president of Hoskins Process Development Co. * became a partner in William A. Spinks & Co. * director, Hoskins Manufacturing Co., Detroit, electric heating appliances and pyrometers As of 1880, Mariner was one of the few completely commercial chemists in Chicago. After becoming a partner, Hoskins married Mariner's daughter. Hoskins became a recognized expert witness in lawsuits, took out 37 U.S. patents, and in his lab, Albert L. Marsh developed Nichrome. Hoskins' own innovations include a superior billiard chalk, materials used to construct race tracks (including the Washington Park Race Tracks in Chicago), safety paper for bank checks, a method for destroying weeds, and a gasoline blowtorch. Hoskins was a charter member of the Chicago section of ACS. He served as chairman in 1897. For more information, see Miles, Wyndham D., ed. American chemists and chemical engineers. Washington: American Chemical Society, 1976. 231-232. Source: Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed. Who's Who in Chicago: the Book of Chicagoans. Chicago: A. N. Marquis and Company, 1931. "Chairmen of the Chicago Section of ACS", A Guide to the Chemical History of Chicago. http://chemhistory-chicago.org/acs.htm |
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