- ELIJAH PADDOCK HARRIS, Ph.D., son
of Daniel and Mary J. (PADDOCK) HARRIS, was
- born in LeRoy, N.Y.. Apr. 3, 1832;
fitted for college at LeRoy Academy, N.Y.; Genesee Coll., '51-'53;
Amherst Coll., '53-'55. Principal of Sodus Academy, N.Y., '55-'56;
of Warsaw Academy, N.Y., '56-'57; studied Chemistry and Physics
in Univ. of Göttingen, Germany, '57-'59; Ph.D., Göttingen,
1859; Professor of Chemistry and Natural History, Victoria Coll.,
Coburg, C.W., '59-'67; in Beloit Coll., '67-'68; Professor of
Chemistry, Amherst Coll., since '68. Author of a work on "
Meteorites," "Manual of Qualitative Analysis,"
"Non-metallic Chemistry," and " Lecture Notes
on General Chemistry." Married, July 26, 1860, Ellen A.,
dau. of Nehemiah PARK, of Warsaw, N.Y. Six children. P.O. address,
Amherst, Mass. [Alumnus of Amherst College, 1855]
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- [Taken from "Biographical Record of the Alumni of
Amherst College During Its First Half Century, 1821-1871"
edited by W. L. Montague; (c)1883 J. E. Williams, Amherst, MA,
p. 292]
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